On Wed, Oct 28 2009, Tobi wrote: > Julien Cristau schrieb: > >> asks for a password. > > Sorry, wrong link: > > http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-vdr-dvb/vdr/vdr/trunk/debian/make-special-vdr.sh > >> also nothing in what you said explains why you >> can't do what you want using a makefile. > > Because make-special-vdr.sh needs to modify debian/rules itself. This > way debian/rules doesn't get "contaminated" with stuff that goes > beyond the scope of building the regular Debian package -e except for > the shebang line.
This is what the make directive 'include' is all about. Conditionally, include fileA or fileB. Each file is all uncontaminated now. This is not a technical shortcoming of using Makefiles. manoj -- The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org