On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 11:15:29PM +0100, "Artur R. Czechowski" <artu...@hell.pl> was heard to say: > On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 01:17:27PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > Debian policy section 7.7 clearly states that Build-Depends must be > > satisfied before "clean" is invoked. > [cut] > > It might be enough to remove that line and instead write > > > > [ ! -f doc/Makefile ] || $(MAKE) -C doc distclean > > > > after we invoke $(MAKE) distclean. I suspect it would also be a good > > idea to explicitly clean in src/gtk, since that can also be disabled. > Well, under mentioned circumstances it is obviously my fault, because > I am using tools in a not intended way. Of course, it would be nice > to have a possibility of download this or that package and recompile it > without cluttering the filesystem with normaly unneeded development > packages. I think you can just close the bug. Or, if you are able > to fulfill my wish - toggle it to wishlist.
Just FYI, I did check some changes into the Debian packaging which should allow "clean" to run with only debhelper. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
