Re: Clarify rationale for 'debian/rules' shebang line

2009-11-19 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 06:51:31PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:20:17PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:12:33PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: === modified file 'policy.sgml' --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21

Re: Clarify rationale for 'debian/rules' shebang line

2009-11-17 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:20:17PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:12:33PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: === modified file 'policy.sgml' --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 + +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 01:10:42 + @@ -1725,7

Re: Clarify rationale for 'debian/rules' shebang line

2009-11-15 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:12:33PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: === modified file 'policy.sgml' --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 + +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 01:10:42 + @@ -1725,7 +1725,10 @@ p It must start with the line tt#!/usr/bin/make -f/tt, so that

Re: Clarify rationale for 'debian/rules' shebang line

2009-11-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:20:17PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:12:33PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: === modified file 'policy.sgml' --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 + +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 01:10:42 + @@ -1725,7 +1725,10 @@ p It

Re: Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules ’ shebang line

2009-11-01 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Peter Samuelson (I think this discussion is getting silly, feel free to take it to private mail.) | | === modified file 'policy.sgml' | | --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 + | | +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 00:59:18 + | | @@ -1725,7 +1725,10 @@ | | p | | It

Re: Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules ’ shebang line

2009-10-31 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Ben Finney | === modified file 'policy.sgml' | --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 + | +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 00:59:18 + | @@ -1725,7 +1725,10 @@ | p | It must start with the line tt#!/usr/bin/make -f/tt, This should probably also be changed to allow «#!

Re: Clarify rationale for ‘ debian/rules’ shebang line

2009-10-31 Thread Peter Samuelson
| === modified file 'policy.sgml' | --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 + | +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 00:59:18 + | @@ -1725,7 +1725,10 @@ | p | It must start with the line tt#!/usr/bin/make -f/tt, [Tollef Fog Heen] This should probably also be changed to allow

Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules’ shebang line (was: debian/rules make -f restriction)

2009-10-30 Thread Ben Finney
Manoj Srivastava sriva...@debian.org writes: I think it would be a good idea to _add_ to policy a rule that says that make -f debian/rules and ./debian/rules must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least

Re: Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules ’ shebang line

2009-10-30 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au writes: Manoj Srivastava sriva...@debian.org writes: I think it would be a good idea to _add_ to policy a rule that says that make -f debian/rules and ./debian/rules must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote

Re: Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules ’ shebang line

2009-10-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, Oct 30 2009, Ben Finney wrote: Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au writes: Manoj Srivastava sriva...@debian.org writes: I think it would be a good idea to _add_ to policy a rule that says that make -f debian/rules and ./debian/rules must behave identically, to