Re: Clarify rationale for 'debian/rules' shebang line
Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes:
> 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.
I second the modification with this change, as I agree with Steve that
this reads a bit better.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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