#include <hallo.h>
* Steve Langasek [Mon, Nov 06 2006, 02:51:33AM]:
> severity 354574 normal
> thanks
> 
> > I think you should either upgrade or remove the package now. Why?
> > Currently, the only real use area for smake is Schilling's makefile
> > cruft. But its current generation does not build with the ancient
> > version of smake in the archive. So the smake package in Debian is only
> > good to annoy users that try to follow Schillings instructions and use
> > smake, and fail with smake (from Debian).
> 
> It has the additional use of being a build-dependency of three packages in
> etch, none of which seem to have trouble with the current version.

I wonder why the packagers do that, instead of using "make | smake". All
dependent packages use Schilling's Makefile clump which works with make.

Eduard.
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