Bug#218893: Proposal: debian/rules.version file [Fix for the build-arch problem]
On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 11:57:51AM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 11:01:13AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > Well, regardless of whether we pick versions or listing available targets,
> > why not do it with a new control file field in the source section?
> > That seems logical, and avoids creating a new file.
> >
> > It's tangentially relevant that the .dsc and .changes files include a Format
> > field that is a version number. Having a "Rules-Format: 2" field in control
> > seems okay to me.
>
> Some packages generate the control file at build time (e.g. from a
> control.in). We need to access the file before debian/rules is used,
> and debian/control might not exist yet.
dpkg-source already requires debian/control to exist before it calls the
rules file, so packages already have to make sure debian/control exists
in their source package, even if they later change it.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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