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Bug#218893: Proposal: debian/rules.version file [Fix for the build-arch problem]



On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 09:59:24AM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> 1.3) Dpkg developer Adam Heath tried to implement the recipe above in
> dpkg-buildpackage but reverted it since it was broken. 
[...]

See changelog for 1.10.15.

> 1.4) dpkg-buildpackage -B call 'debian/rules build' and then
> 'debian/rules binary-arch'. Policy 7.6 mandate that both 'Build-Depends'
> and 'Build-Depends-Indep' dependencies be satisfied when 'debian/rules
> build' is called, making the split useless.
[...]

For a recent example see Bug#216492 and
 Subject: Re: Bug#216492: FTBFS (unstable/all) missing build-dep
 From: Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>
 Cc: Debian Developers <debian-devel@lists.debian.org>
 Message-ID: <1066566039.2228.24.camel@descent.netsplit.com>
 Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 13:20:39 +0100

I am waiting for comments by more knowledgeable people than
myself before seconding the proposal, I assume
dpkg-buildpackage support should better be implemented and distributed
_before_ changing policy. But this requires that one or the other of
your alternatives is chosen first.

        cu andreas

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