Re: Bug#432564: Allow debian/rules to not be a makefile
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:42:03 -0700, Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> said:
> > 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.
>
> I actually see this as a argument for not changing the rule,
> since using a Makefile does not in any way add restrictions for the
> developer. debian/rules has been a makefile forever, allowing it to be
> anything else doesn't buy anything practical, just a little geek value
> for useless packages like shoop.
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.
Don Armstrong
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