On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 12:59:03PM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 11:01:13AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 09:59:24AM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > > 3.1) Provide an easy and reliable way to tell if the optional targets
> > > are implemented.
> > And once that's there, clarify Policy to say what
> > dpkg-buildpackage et al will do: if optional targets are missing,
> > do the old thing. If the optional targets are there, do the new
> > thing instead.
> No, can't do that! There is no way to test for the presence of
> optional targets! (That's why this whole proposal was suggested.)
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Please reread what you replied to.
BA> Provide way to tell if the optional targets are implemented
JS> And once that's there
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