Bug#88111: policy should not dictate implementation details
Julian wrote:
> > > debian/rules [variable=value ...] target [variable=value ...]
Actually, it's this:
debian/rules target [variable=value ...]
At least, that's how dpkg-buildpackage does it, the target is always the
first parameter.
Wichert wrote:
> I highly object to complicant the interface to debian/rules.
Anthony wrote:
> But, uh, isn't that what you're doing?
No, because allowing non-makefile rules files wouldn't require any changes
to the interface (i.e. the ways of invoking the file).
It seems Wichert also wants to move the defining of $DEB_* variables to the
environment; that's a separate issue.
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