Bug#88029: allow rules file to be non-makefile
- To: Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
- Cc: Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>, 88029@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Bug#88029: allow rules file to be non-makefile
- From: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 10:45:56 +0000
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20010301104556.D16356@polya>
- Reply-to: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>, 88029@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <20010301115750.C15084@azure.humbug.org.au>; from aj@azure.humbug.org.au on Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 11:57:50AM +1000
- References: <20010228214133.B14278@cibalia.gkvk.hr> <XFMail.20010228130200.shaleh@valinux.com> <20010301004248.A15901@cibalia.gkvk.hr> <20010301003349.D14026@polya> <20010301014734.H15901@cibalia.gkvk.hr> <20010301011254.A15109@polya> <20010301023157.I15901@cibalia.gkvk.hr> <20010301115750.C15084@azure.humbug.org.au>
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 11:57:50AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> 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.
Well, I guess that just about wraps up this issue, then. The only
little thing to add is about exit values, because that might start
causing problems.
Back to real stuff, then!
Julian
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