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Bug#88111: marked as done ([PROPOSAL] Allow debian/rules to not be a makefile)

Your message dated Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:46:50 -0500
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and subject line Closing out ancient, fixed bugs
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Package: debian-policy

Previously Anthony Towns wrote:
> It'll have happened during Manoj's incorporation of the packaging-manual
> into policy. See 72949. You'll notice you seconded it... :)

But Manoj said he would remove the non-policy bits from it, and this
would clearly fall in that category imho.
 
I'll make this a proposal then:

  Section 5.2 of policy currently dictates that debian/rules has to be
  a makefile. While this is good practice, the only thing that is essential
  is that it is an executable that will respond to the build, clean,
  binary, binary-arch and binary-indep targets.

  As such I propose that the statement that debian/rules has be to a
  makefile be removed.

Wichert.

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