Re: Bug#553420: debian-policy: Please clarify what is the interface for building binary packages.

2009-10-30 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 01:01:57AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava a écrit : > > The clarification has already been offered, and has one second: > > --8<---cut here---start->8--- > --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 + > +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 01:10:42

Processed: Re: Bug#553420: debian-policy: Please clarify what is the interface for building binary packages.

2009-10-30 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Re: Bug#553420: debian-policy: Please clarify what is the interface for building binary packages.

2009-10-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
package debian-policy user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org severity 553420 wishlist usertag 553420 = normative issue thanks On Fri, Oct 30 2009, Charles Plessy wrote: > there is currently a discussion on debian-de...@lists.debian.org with > a strong disagreement on what the Policy specifies f

Re: Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules ’ shebang line

2009-10-30 Thread Russ Allbery
Ben Finney writes: > I was sloppy in my use of normative language; this is a “must” directive. > === modified file 'policy.sgml' > --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 + > +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 01:10:42 + > @@ -1725,7 +1725,10 @@ > > It must start with the line #!/

Bug#553420: debian-policy: Please clarify what is the interface for building binary packages.

2009-10-30 Thread Charles Plessy
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.3.0 Severity: normal Dear Policy delegates, there is currently a discussion on debian-de...@lists.debian.org with a strong disagreement on what the Policy specifies for building binary packages, and what it should specify. http://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/

Re: Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules ’ shebang line

2009-10-30 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney writes: > Manoj Srivastava writes: > > > I think it would be a good idea to _add_ to policy a rule that > > says that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules" must behave > > identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote reproducibility, and > > conform to the prin

Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules’ shebang line (was: debian/rules "make -f" restriction)

2009-10-30 Thread Ben Finney
Manoj Srivastava writes: > I think it would be a good idea to _add_ to policy a rule that > says that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules" must behave > identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote reproducibility, and > conform to the principle of least surprise. Rather