Le Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 12:29:38PM +0100, David Bremner a écrit : > > Charles> * debian/rules: are you sure that you need to run the > Charles> configure script? If not, you can drop the > Charles> build-dependancy on csh. > > Hmm. The script is simple, and I could write a replacement, but > something has to generate a Makefile. The script could be replaced > with a few sed invocations. This makes the package slightly more > fragile with respect to upgrades; do you think this is worth it to > drop the dependency?
I ran it on powerpc, diffed the new and old makefiles, and came to the conclusion that running it did not have any significant changes: only one variable was changed, containing the name of the build architecture, but it is not used in the rules called by debian/rules. I think that you can stop calling this script and therefore remove the build-dependancy on csh. > Charles> PS: actually, debhelper is very smart and replaces the > Charles> .so manpages by symlinks ! > > Right, so do you think there is any reason not to rely on this? It contradicts the principle of least surprise, so how about using dh_link instead ? it is quite trivial. On the other hand, if you want to submit your manpages for upstream inclusion, I do not know which solution is most portable. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wakō, Saitama, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
