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:
> 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.
AFAIK they all have the source section, they only autogenerate the binary
sections.
I somehow doubt that a package without any debian/control whatsoever upon
extraction is valid at all.
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