Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > So the main objections to CDBS are that it hides too much, making it
> > hard to know what is actually going on.
>
> > How does this compare with other helper scripts like debuild and
> > pdebuild?
>
> Those aren't used as part of the package build process; they're wrappers
> around it that one doesn't have to use even if the maintainer does. I
> think you mean debhelper. debhelper, unlike CDBS, has actual
> documentation: every command has a man page, and every command does what
> the man page says it does.
There would be lot to improve in packaging manual pages because they
"stack" over the lower level commands making it hard to understand
what exact options {are|can be use used}.
Especially adding the EXAMPLES sections would greatly improve all the
manual pages by listing the typical usage cases. Here is an exerpt.
Includes EXAMPLES section
-----------------------
debuild yes
dpkg yes
dpkg-buildpackage no
dpkg-deb no
dpkg-query no
dh_make no
lintian no
fakeroot no
make-kpkg no
pdebuild no
pbuilder no
cowbuilder no
It's no surprise if understanding the packaging system is difficult,
no matter if it were debhelper.
Jari
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