Previously Duncan Findlay wrote: > Firstly, a test to see if something is a makefile can be as simple as > reading the first line of the file -- does it contain #!/usr/bin/make > -f (as policy dictates in 5.2)
Wrong. Debian policy is just that, Debian policy. dpkg does not demand that debian/rules is a makefile and will not rely on make specific behaviour. > Secondly, make -q can be called. If it returns with an exit code of 1 > or 0, the target is supported. If it returns with 2, it isn't > supported. That exit code is returned anyway even if -q is not used. > I'd like to see this bug resolved. FWIW I don't have a real desire to have this fixed quickly, but it will be fixed in dpkg 1.10 or 1.11. Wichert. -- _________________________________________________________________ /[EMAIL PROTECTED] This space intentionally left occupied \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liacs.nl/~wichert/ | | 1024D/2FA3BC2D 576E 100B 518D 2F16 36B0 2805 3CB8 9250 2FA3 BC2D | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
