Bug#428213: closed by Russ Allbery [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Re: Bug#428213: policy 4.9: minor (non-normative) patch for 'debian/rules build' explanation)

2007-07-04 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Debian Bug Tracking System] You missed the point of this section, which is about cases where there is no single build of the package. Instead, the package is built twice (or more) with, for example, different configure options. Oh, I think I got the point of the section, I just don't agree.

Bug#428213: closed by Russ Allbery [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Re: Bug#428213: policy 4.9: minor (non-normative) patch for 'debian/rules build' explanation)

2007-07-04 Thread Russ Allbery
Peter Samuelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh, I think I got the point of the section, I just don't agree. The problem with invoking build stuff from the binary target is that the binary target is run as root, whereas the build target is not. Ordinarily, you don't need to be root to build a