On Thu, Apr 02, 1998 at 07:21:54PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > Juan> Would it be ok to use a command line switch to
> > Juan> dpkg-buildpackage, and make it set an environment variable, not
> > Juan> intended to be used standalone, to be used by dpkg-gencontrol?
> >
> > Why not also add a command line swith to dpkg-gencontrol? I
> > think that the relevant concern is solely. If there were a command
> > line switch as well, even though less convenient than a env var, it
> > would be better. (Please note I am not advocating removal of the env
> > var facility).
>
> Why mess with dpkg-gencontrol? The Builder: field is only needed to be in
> the .changes file, right?
No. James Troup suggested to also add the Builder: field to
the control file, inside the .deb. And the control file is generated
with dpkg-gencontrol.
Manoj: a command line switch to dpkg-gencontrol won't work
without modifying every debian/rules file; dpkg-gencontrol is called
from there without any special arguments. So I thought we could pass
that info using the environment.
BTW: A command-line switch is already in dpkg-gencontrol to do
that trick: "-DBuilder='Juan Cespedes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'" should
work.
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Juan Cespedes
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