On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 02:31:57AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> This file must be an architecture-independent non-interactive executable
> which has to take the following parameters on the command line and act
> accordingly:
Or we could go back to how the packaging manual says it:
This file is usually an executable makefile, and contains packages
specific recipes for compiling the package and building binary
package(s) out of the source.
The only RC part of this is ensuring the package builds in the normal
fashion, and if it doesn't, well, that's already considered RC anyway.
> The second paragraph about the shebang should be removed. I think it's safe
> to assume that you'd make an executable file actually runnable... Then
> again, I'm not sure, maybe this does have to be spelled out since it's in
> Policy.
The reason it's spelt out is in case people don't think of using a #! for
a makefile; it's not really all that common a thing to do. Policy's not
just a set of dictata that others must obey; it's guidelines on how to
make high quality packages.
Cheers,
aj
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