Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> It was tightened about 2 or 3 years ago, iirc.

> Regardless, even requiring debian/rules to be a makefile doesn't
> actually do much, because someone could do something like: 

> .DEFAULT: 
>         debian/irule $@

> or whatever.

> People should be using make, but if they have a valid reason for doing
> something else, policy shouldn't get in the way.

I suppose that's true.

Okay, we can at least explore the option of double-checking that Policy
specifies everything that we're assuming make will do and that the rest of
the project assumes.  Does the current Policy text have enough details
(with a strong enough requirement) around arguments, exit status, and so
forth that something written exactly to Policy would behave like a
makefile to every other part of the project?

-- 
Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED])               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>


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