On Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 02:14:06AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > [PROPOSED] Package build process must be non-interactive > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > $Revision: 1.1 $ > > > Copyright Notice > ---------------- > > Copyright © 1998 by Manoj Srivastava. > > You are given permission to redistribute this document and/or modify > it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by > the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) > any later version. > > On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General > Public License can be found in `</usr/doc/copyright/GPL>'. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 1. Package build process must be non-interactive > ------------------------------------------------ > > This has been already presented to the list and had been accepted, but > Christian did not have time to actually edit the file. > > Currently, the packaging manual only says that the `build' target of > debian/rules has to be non-interactive. Since an interactive > debian/rules script makes it impossible to autocompile that package > and also makes it hard for other people to reproduce the same binary > package, the packaging manual should be changed to require that all > _required targets_ have to be non-interactive. The required targets > are those called by _dpkg-buildpackage_, for one. (Additional > debian/rules targets may be interactive.) > > I am now looking for seconds for this proposal. > seconds
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