On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 11:22:42PM +0100, Filippo Rusconi wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "colorcode".
> * Package name : colorcode > Version : 0.5.5-1 > Upstream Author : Dirk Laebisch <d...@laebisch.de> > * URL : http://colorcode.laebisch.com/ > * License : GPL-3 > Section : games usr/share/pixmaps/colorcode32.xpm: neither gqview nor xli shows it reasonably. xli complains with error messages like Bad color name '#A7ADAD00' debian/rules: - $(MAKE) clean The space after "-" keeps lintian from detecting this, but W: colorcode source: debian-rules-ignores-make-clean-error line 32 N: N: A rule in the debian/rules file for this package calls the package's N: clean or distclean target with a line like: N: N: -$(MAKE) distclean N: or N: $(MAKE) -i distclean N: N: The leading "-" or the option -i tells make to ignore all errors. N: Normally this is done for packages using Autoconf since Makefile may not N: exist. However, this line ignores all other error messages, not just the N: missing Makefile error. It's better to use: N: N: [ ! -f Makefile ] || $(MAKE) distclean N: N: so that other error messages from the clean or distclean rule will still N: be caught (or just remove the "-" if the package uses a static N: makefile). N: N: Severity: normal, Certainty: certain N: Except for that, it looks OK. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
