Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> wrote: > On Mon, 30 Dec 2013, Andreas Metzler wrote: [...] >> MYDHMODS := $(shell if dh_listpackages | grep -q foo-doc ; \ >> then echo "--with autoreconf,sphinxdoc" ; \ >> else echo "--with autoreconf" ; fi) [...] > Nice trick! Still, this is a wrong optimization IMO. This complexifies the > packaging for no important gain.
> It could be different if the package was one of those required to > bootstrap a new architecture but for a random package, it's just easier > and more maintainable to keep the sphinxdoc build-dep in Build-Depends. Hello, you might be right. I was shown the trick at Debconf, and used it for breaking a gnutls bootstrap cycle. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. ;-) cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e14bpa-i53....@argenau.downhill.at.eu.org
