On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 06:23:52PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > 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. > > Not entirely correct. I am not trying to split hairs here, but it is really > important that debian/rules is architecture independant, read: not in a > binary format, but a script.
True, I forgot about that. > The packaging manually actually says it is a makefile: Yes, and that makes it policy. > I don't know if Manoj succeeded in making the packaging man a part of the > policy. That's the way it is, if I'm not mistaken. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
