Andrea Colangelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: lintian > Version: 1.23.41 > Severity: wishlist > > Running lintian on a .dsc built from a package that has a static > Makefile (i.e: doesn't use Autoconf or .configure) shows the following > warning: > "<foo> source: debian-rules-ignores-make-clean-error"
Only if you ignore the exit status of make distclean.... > The -i option shows a deeper description of the problem and suggest to > change lines like this: > -$(MAKE) distclean > into: > [ ! -f Makefile ] || $(MAKE) distclean > > This is not really required, given that for a static Makefile the test > is always false and make distclean is never actually exercised. I think you're reading the test backwards. In that case, make distclean would always be run. If the package has a static Makefile, why would make distclean ever fail? What problem are you solving by ignoring the exit status from it? Normally, the solution would be to just remove the - in front of that line. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
