Re: Bug#88029: allow rules file to be non-makefile
Julian,
Makefiles can be just as cryptic and difficult to maintain. For this
reason, I don't really agree that using arbitrary code in debian/rules
will make life any more difficult for anyone. It may make life easier,
though.
An example posted to debian-devel illustrated a greatly simplified
debian/rules, by making it into a script. The point is that it can be
done, and that it can be useful.
Regards,
Alex.
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On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 04:27:47PM -0800, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> > 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?
>
> In general, given the number of example rules files available for
> making a package correctly, surely trying to come up with a script
> that gets it right which is not a makefile is the hard way? I would
> presume that if an upstream package comes with a build script, it can
> just be called from the makefile, and if it's a Debian native package,
> why wouldn't someone use a makefile?
>
> So here's the crux of the matter: is this a theoretical question or is
> there actually a package in existence with this alternative script?
>
> I certainly think policy should be no less giving than a
> SHOULD/RECOMMEND on this matter, but if there's a really good reason
> for some package to use some other mechanism, then should we forbid
> it? It would make NMU's potentially much harder, and I pity the
> package's future maintainer, should there be one.
>
> Julian
>
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