Bug#1102295: d/control must not change during build
On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 03:07:54PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
Is there any reasonable situation where modification (during build) of
ANY existing files under debian/ is a good idea?
debconf template translations get usually refreshed when building a
package (doing that in the _clean_ target is a common usecase) which
totally breaks if the package maintainer uses a workflow with
out-of-tree builds. Been bitten by that.
Do we have current usecases where debian/control gets modified during
build? I think the reject-faq dates back to the days when cdbs had
significant use and ftpmaster didn't like cdbs. I have never understood
that stance and ftpmaster didnt bother to explain.
Greetings
Marc
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