On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 04:30:00PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > debian/rules must be an executable script with an > appropriate #! line (so, if it is a makefile it must > start with the line #!/usr/bin/make -f) so that it can > be invoked by saying its name. It should use a > widely-used language, and should restrict itself to > features portable even to older versions of its > interpreter.
Without weighing in with my opinion on whether or not this should be changed, I suggest the proposed change limits the scope of potential interpreters to those Essential: yes or which are depended on by build-essential. I haven't thought of a clear way of wording this, though. -- Jon Dowland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
