On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 05:28:33PM -0800, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> Julian,
>
> Makefiles can be just as cryptic and difficult to maintain. For this
> reason, I don't really agree that using arbitrary code in debian/rules
> will make life any more difficult for anyone. It may make life easier,
> though.
>
> An example posted to debian-devel illustrated a greatly simplified
> debian/rules, by making it into a script. The point is that it can be
> done, and that it can be useful.
Absolutely, but another example showed that it could equally produce
code which was really difficult for anyone not versed in shoop to
read.
We expect our package maintainers to be reasonably familiar with
makefiles. debian/rules files are one of the few things around which
are pretty standard in the project. Yes, in some cases shell scripts
may be easier, but in general, I just grab a standard example rules
file and edit it to my needs.
I dunno. I'm still not convinced either way.
Julian
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