On 9/13/05, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 01:27:22PM +0800, LI Daobing wrote: > > > > * debian/rules: > > > DEB_AUTO_UPDATE_DEBIAN_CONTROL := yes > > > This sucks, the generated control file is ugly as hell (it does > > > build-depend on build-essential, etc.). Please fix that. > > I don't agree, at least it works. > > No, it doesn't. Packages have ended up with RC bugs before as a result > of cdbs changing the build-dependencies of the package in one of the > standard debian/rules targets, and I strongly discourage maintainers > from using this misfeature of cdbs. > > And build-depending on build-essential is certainly wrong. >
OK, I agree with you, and I have upload it to mentors[1] [1] http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/q/qterm/ -- LI Daobing
