Re: A standard patch rule for our rules

2009-07-02 Thread Andreas Metzler
Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au wrote: [...] It seems to me that the whole point of adding ‘patch’ as a (phony) target is to allow a dependency on that target, [...] Hello, Being used as dependencies of non-phony targets is the one thing phony targets are not useful for. A phony

A standard patch rule for our rules

2009-07-01 Thread Rafael Almeida
A ``patch'' rule for debian/rules there should always be for I'd like to easily apply patches created by me Don't worry I don't think of anything too hard a simple standarization will ease my heart Today ``debian/rules build'' is always a good match but there's no mandatory ``debian/rules patch''

Re: A standard patch rule for our rules

2009-07-01 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Rafael Almeida almeida...@gmail.com writes: A ``patch'' rule for debian/rules there should always be for I'd like to easily apply patches created by me Don't worry I don't think of anything too hard a simple standarization will ease my heart Today ``debian/rules build'' is always a good

Re: A standard patch rule for our rules

2009-07-01 Thread Paul Wise
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Re: A standard patch rule for our rules

2009-07-01 Thread Andreas Metzler
Rafael Almeida almeida...@gmail.com wrote: A ``patch'' rule for debian/rules there should always be for I'd like to easily apply patches created by me Don't worry I don't think of anything too hard a simple standarization will ease my heart Today ``debian/rules build'' is always a good match

Re: A standard patch rule for our rules

2009-07-01 Thread James Vega
On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 07:43:37PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: Rafael Almeida almeida...@gmail.com wrote: A ``patch'' rule for debian/rules there should always be for I'd like to easily apply patches created by me Don't worry I don't think of anything too hard a simple standarization

Re: A standard patch rule for our rules

2009-07-01 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 07:43:37PM +0200, Andreas Metzler a écrit : Rafael Almeida almeida...@gmail.com wrote: A ``patch'' rule for debian/rules there should always be for I'd like to easily apply patches created by me Don't worry I don't think of anything too hard a simple standarization

Re: A standard patch rule for our rules

2009-07-01 Thread Ben Finney
Charles Plessy ple...@debian.org writes: Le Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 07:43:37PM +0200, Andreas Metzler a écrit : patch indeded is the standard way nowadays. See policy 4.9. Unfortunately, it seems that with quilt, it is better ot use $(QUILT_STAMPFN) in order to avoid a target to become phony.

Re: A standard patch rule for our rules

2009-07-01 Thread Russ Allbery
Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au writes: Charles Plessy ple...@debian.org writes: Unfortunately, it seems that with quilt, it is better ot use $(QUILT_STAMPFN) in order to avoid a target to become phony. What's wrong with having a phony target? We already have many of them, and a