On Mon, May 04 2009, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> On Mon, 04 May 2009, Guillem Jover wrote:
>> ,-- debian/rules
>> -include /usr/share/dpkg/build-options.mk
>>
>> # package overrides
>> FOO := pkg
>> `--
>
> Probably without the leading "-", otherwise we have a risk to not have
> any sane default at all.
I disagree. Without the leading -, it would make it impossible
to build on a machine with older dpkg -- and why be unnecessarily
unfriendly to backporters?
If you want sane defaults, by all means provide sane defaults
yourself.
> And we should add a build-dependency instead.
And restrict the machines where the package can be built? I
think not.
> Or maybe that choice can be left to the maintainer.
This is better than forcing people into restricting the
platforms where their sources can be built, but still a cop
out. Guillem's proposal is technically better.
manoj
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