Previously Glenn McGrath wrote: > Why is the debian/rules file a makefile, couldnt it easily be done with > shell scripts instead....
Yes, in fact I've done a few test packages using sh scripts. > make enables the file to have dependecies and a > more structured format, but do we really need these features ? Not at all. > It would be easy to change our build system to use shell scripts by have a > default shell script that calls the existing debian/rules operation. No changes needed in dpkg. It is just Debian policy that requires debian/rules to be a makefile. Wichert. -- _________________________________________________________________ /[EMAIL PROTECTED] This space intentionally left occupied \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wiggy.net/ | | 1024D/2FA3BC2D 576E 100B 518D 2F16 36B0 2805 3CB8 9250 2FA3 BC2D |
