On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:57:34 +0200, Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 04:00:19PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: >> > > You aren't trying to make debian/rules a jam script are you? >> > >> > Even if he was, that would be fine if he knew how to do it >> > properly. >> >> Policy 4.8: >> >> This file must be an executable makefile, and contains the >> package-specific recipes for compiling the package and building >> binary package(s) from the source. >> >> There was a lot of discussion of this some years ago (possibly in >> relationship to shoop?). I don't remember why we don't allow >> anything that meets the expected interface. > Because we're fools. :) We would be even more foolish to yank out a published interface to our build system. > The "must" in the new meaning is an accidental byproduct of > conversion to the new language. Accidental or not, it has been an established part of the infrastructure for the whole life of ./debian/rules convention; and ought not to be easy ro change. manoj -- "The light that burns twice as bright lasts half as long, and you have burned so very, very bright, Roy!" Doctor Eldon Tyrell, in Blade Runner Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C