Bug#88029: allow rules file to be non-makefile

To: "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <shaleh@valinux.com>, 88029@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#88029: allow rules file to be non-makefile
From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@valinux.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 16:50:34 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20010312165034.A2430@cistron.nl>
Reply-to: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@valinux.com>, 88029@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <XFMail.20010228130200.shaleh@valinux.com>; from shaleh@valinux.com on Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 01:02:00PM -0800
References: <20010228214133.B14278@cibalia.gkvk.hr> <XFMail.20010228130200.shaleh@valinux.com>

Previously Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> Debian developers should be able to read and if need be NMU another
> developers package.  Allowing rules files to be arbitrary code makes
> this harder.

So are you going to propose to prohibit people to use dbs, yada, debstd,
debhelper or other strange schemes to build a package that not all
developers might understand?

Wichert.

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