On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 02:00:04PM +0200, Joachim Breitner wrote: > Hi, > > it seems that my idea is not well received; point taken, and I do like > the alternative about debian/rules creating debian/control in the clean > target.
Do. Not. Do. That. Ever. if you do, you risk all kinds of problems, like binNMUs having broken control files, your package FTBFSing because the script used to generate the control file no longer functions, and similar things. Building debian/control in an automated fashion is fine, but it must not be done as part of any regular "dpkg-buildpackage" call. This includes -S, -b, and -B builds (the latter is used by buildd, fwiw). -- The volume of a pizza of thickness a and radius z can be described by the following formula: pi zz a
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