Re: Bug#432564: Allow debian/rules to not be a makefile
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- Subject: Re: Bug#432564: Allow debian/rules to not be a makefile
- From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:14:08 -0600
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- In-reply-to: <20070717230205.GK21569@volo.donarmstrong.com> (Don Armstrong's message of "Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:02:07 -0700")
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:02:07 -0700, Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> said:
> I don't have a problem with requiring that debian/rules be a makefile;
> what I'm concerned about are any assumptions about what debian/rules
> actually contains besides it being a valid makefile.
Would you care to elaborate? Policy does require ./debian/rules
to implement certain targets. Why can't we assume the makefile would
DTRT for these targets?
manoj
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When does later become never?
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/>
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