Russ Allbery wrote: > >> lintian_findstrin_DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.patch: >> Adds two checks, one for the usage of 'findstring' on DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS >> instead of 'find', and another one for the usage of DEB_BUILD_OPTS. > > The DEB_BUILD_OPTS part is okay. > > I don't like the findstring check. Using findstring in debian/rules for > checking for noopt and nostrip and the like works fine in practice, was > recommended by Policy for years, and is very wide-spread.
But now policy states: > If multiple flags are given, they must be separated by whitespace > The only time > it would break is if someone used some other build option that contained > the string searched for, which seems extremely unlikely. I guess I could > maybe see an info tag suggesting using filter instead, but I think it's a > lot of noise for a very theoretical gain. > Should policy say s/must/should in the above quoted sentence then? Cheers, -- Atomo64 - Raphael Please avoid sending me Word, PowerPoint or Excel attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
