Bug#88029: allow rules file to be non-makefile
On 20010228T214134+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.
Where is your diff to policy? This proposal will require extensive
changes to policy wording (including writing a nontrivial specification
of debian/rules command-line syntax) if done right, so I will have to
object to this proposal until precise changes to the wording are provided.
I support the general spirit of this proposal, though.
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