* gregor herrmann <gre...@debian.org> [220814 13:53]: > On Thu, 07 Jul 2022 08:48:36 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > This kind of packaging, with some packaging files under debian/ having an > > associated binary package name and some not, is an antipattern. > > +1 [..]
> > I would like to suggest that in the next debhelper compat level, debhelper > > should consider it an error when debian/control lists more than one binary > > package, but contains unnamed packaging files under debian/. When I read this initially, I thought this would be a very good idea. Then I came across the usage of `bug-script` in src:multipath-tools. It wants to install the reportbug helper into all debs - quite reasonable I would say. Not sure if the proposed rule can be generalised enough... Chris
