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Re: Bug#88029: allow rules file to be non-makefile



Julian,

It can be done the easy way, or the hard way. What you described is the
hard way. Why can't it be done the easy way?

Regards,

Alex.

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On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Julian Gilbey wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 09:41:34PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > I would like to propose that the debian/rules file is allowed to be
> > non-makefile. Any kind of a program that can do the required stuff can be a
> > debian/rules file. We shouldn't prohibit it when someone e.g. writes a short
> > shell script or another interpreted script, as long as it works.
> 
> Let debian/rules just call them, then.
> 
>    Julian
> 
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