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 prevent confusion, and to promote reproducibility, and >> > conform to the principle of least surprise. >> >> Rather than a new rule, I submit this patch to clarify the existing rule >> for the shebang line. > > I was sloppy in my use of normative language; this is a “must” directive. > > === modified file 'policy.sgml' > --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 +0000 > +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 01:10:42 +0000 > @@ -1725,7 +1725,10 @@ > <p> > It must start with the line <tt>#!/usr/bin/make -f</tt>, > so that it can be invoked by saying its name rather than > - invoking <prgn>make</prgn> explicitly. > + invoking <prgn>make</prgn> explicitly. That is, invoking > + either of <tt>make -f debian/rules <em>args...</em></tt> > + or <tt>./debian/rules <em>args...</em></tt> must cause > + identical behaviour in each case. > </p> > > <p> >
Seconded. manoj -- The problem with this country is that there is no death penalty for incompetence. Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org