Bug#432564: Allow debian/rules to not be a makefile
Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> writes:
> It was tightened about 2 or 3 years ago, iirc.
> Regardless, even requiring debian/rules to be a makefile doesn't
> actually do much, because someone could do something like:
> .DEFAULT:
> debian/irule $@
> or whatever.
> People should be using make, but if they have a valid reason for doing
> something else, policy shouldn't get in the way.
I suppose that's true.
Okay, we can at least explore the option of double-checking that Policy
specifies everything that we're assuming make will do and that the rest of
the project assumes. Does the current Policy text have enough details
(with a strong enough requirement) around arguments, exit status, and so
forth that something written exactly to Policy would behave like a
makefile to every other part of the project?
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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