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Bug#1102295: d/control must not change during build



Hello,

On Mon 07 Apr 2025 at 02:08pm +02, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:

> it appears that currently there is no requirement for d/control to
> stay the same before and after a build. However, many things require
> this to be the case, and ftp-master also requires this in their
> reject-faq [1].
>
> Below is a minimal patch, mostly as a discussion starter. I've
> ponderred if listing examples of things breaking would be good, but
> decided against it for the policy text.

Usually we prefer to have some rationale, so a couple of sentences would
be good.

I also think the patch should be more specific -- exactly which d/rules
targets must not modify the contents of the file?

-- 
Sean Whitton

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