On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 04:04:09PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 04:59:24PM +0300, George Danchev wrote: > > ftpmasters are utterly unhappy with DEB_AUTO_UPDATE_DEBIAN_CONTROL quirks > > ;-) > > http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html > <snip> > > See the comments after CDBS: " You have a cdbs package and for whatever > > reason > > turned on the play with my debian/control in a bad way option. See #311724 > > for a long text on that matter."... > > Please, ... we all know that, it has been discussed as lengthy as > possible. No need to start again. > > The conclusion is that it is absolutely forbidden to *automatically* > generate debian/control during build. No one has a problem with > generating debian/control before the package is uploaded to the archive. > > As a matter of fact the ocaml package already do that.
As does the kernel packages, and the kernel .udeb packages, and probably a slew of others out there. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]