Rob Browning <[email protected]> writes: > Assuming there is a debhelper issue here, I don't have strong feelings > about the solution, but if dh_installemacsen is going to limit itself to > the new-style infrastructure (which would certainly be easier), one > possibility would be to just refuse to proceed with any package that > doesn't have a correct compat file. > > When it's missing, point the maintainers at policy section 5 for any > bits that debhelper won't be able to handle for them automatically > (i.e. Conflicts, reworking the install/remove script, etc.). Then, once > they've fixed that up and created the compat file, dh_installemacsen > could proceed normally.
Oh, and if there's not already, it would be handy to have some way to opt-out of dh_installemacsen processing entirely since emacsen-common will appear to be a likely candidate, but is in fact a special case. Thanks -- Rob Browning rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org GPG as of 2011-07-10 E6A9 DA3C C9FD 1FF8 C676 D2C4 C0F0 39E9 ED1B 597A GPG as of 2002-11-03 14DD 432F AE39 534D B592 F9A0 25C8 D377 8C7E 73A4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

