Hi! Is anybody aware if there is some kind of static analyzer for the `debian/rules` file?
I can do very basic syntax checking with `make --dry-run --makefile=debian/rules` which will error on serious syntax errors (which I already implemented in my CI workflow[1]). However, that or a general Makefile tool such as checkmake[2] or unmake[3] do not help much as the debian/rules is very Debian specific. Lintian has some checks for debian/rules contents, but it can't be run on a single debian/rules file or even the debian/ directory directly.[4] I occasionally come across simple syntax issues which a static analyzer / linter could easily pick up so I was wondering if it could be automated. For example in one case[5] exporting DPKG_GENSYMBOLS_CHECK_LEVEL did not take effect due to easily detectable incorrect (but not fatal) syntax. - Otto [1] https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/commit/b1f1640d414e2c7631cdccbb7f5445a4b8ad56e4 [2] https://github.com/mrtazz/checkmake [3] https://github.com/mcandre/unmake [4] https://bugs.debian.org/262783 [5] https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/commit/f2fe8d8300642c373ce325f19d1100d79adeed45
