On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 11:30:04AM -0300, Felipe Sateler wrote: > > If your intention is that "debian/rules build" builds everything from > > scratch again if you do it a second time, you can't even do that > > with dh because of dh's own stamping system. > > > > For example, try "debian/rules build" on the hello package, then try > > "debian/rules build" again, you will see that it does not do anything > > the second time. > > Debhelper compat level 10 introduced a new stamping system that is > reasonable now. Because mkosi uses level 10, all I need to do is `rm > debian/debhelper-build-stamp`. If I don't do the .PHONY thing, the > only thing that will work is deleting the build dir.
Sorry, I still don't get it. "all you need to do" for what? If you want the build to happen again, you should "debian/rules clean" first, with or without debhelper. Am I missing anything?

