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Re: Clarify rationale for 'debian/rules' shebang line



On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:20:17PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:12:33PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:

> > === modified file 'policy.sgml'
> > --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 +0000
> > +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 01:10:42 +0000
> > @@ -1725,7 +1725,10 @@
> >         <p>
> >           It must start with the line <tt>#!/usr/bin/make -f</tt>,
> >           so that it can be invoked by saying its name rather than
> > -         invoking <prgn>make</prgn> explicitly.
> > +         invoking <prgn>make</prgn> explicitly. That is, invoking
> > +         either of <tt>make -f debian/rules <em>args...</em></tt>
> > +         or <tt>./debian/rules <em>args...</em></tt> must cause
> > +         identical behaviour in each case.
> >         </p>
> >  
> >         <p>

> Seconded.

I'm not convinced this is necessary, but I think it would be better worded
as:

   That is, invoking either of [...] must result in identical behavior.

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