On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 06:53:47PM +0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > > Hmm, the dependency on make is flawed, as it is perfectly possible to > > write debian/rules that is a perl script, for example. > > If you find a flaw in my application of the criteria, bug reports against > build-essential are welcome :-) > > BTW, note that Packaging Manual section 3.2.1 requires that debian/rules > is a makefile.
Which is rather unwarranted... all that should be necessary is a executable file that can act differently based on the first command-line argument passed to it. Whether it is makefile, a shell or a Perl script, or even a compiled program (yuck :), it shouldn't matter. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
