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?
>
> I know modifying existing non-debian/ files is common to patch
> source-level problems, but is modifying existing debian/ files wide
> spread? Could anyone do a archive-wide non-root rebuild with 'chmod -R
> -w debian/' with debian/ owned by some other user?
debhelper creates files in debian/
so maybe we should stick with the original question.
debian/control is not autogenerated, but DEBIAN/control is
(by dpkg-gencontrol). This difference should be made clear in the rationale.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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