* Steve Langasek [Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:02:55 -0700]:
> 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 ftpmasters will now actively discourage its use, by rejecting
packages that use it. As per [1].
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/08/msg00011.html
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