Bug#373164: cdbs: stop overriding DEB_DESTDIR

2006-06-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
Package: cdbs Version: 0.4.40 Severity: important Please stop using abusing the DEB_DESTDIR variable which have been used by module-assistant includes for many years now. Please do better research when starting using variables, blindly overriding the existing ones. Please give the variables

Bug#373164: [Build-common-hackers] Bug#373164: cdbs: stop overriding DEB_DESTDIR

2006-06-13 Thread Duck
tags 373164 + wontfix thanks Coin, Eduard Bloch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Please stop using abusing the DEB_DESTDIR variable which have been used by module-assistant includes for many years now. Please do better research when starting using variables, blindly overriding the existing ones.

Bug#373164: [Build-common-hackers] Bug#373164: cdbs: stop overriding DEB_DESTDIR

2006-06-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h * Marc Dequènes [Tue, Jun 13 2006, 11:31:51AM]: tags 373164 + wontfix thanks Then document it properly. What I expect as user is a good readable overview of how CDBS poisons the environment: ie. a complete list of variables set and overriden by it with links to the

Bug#373164: [Build-common-hackers] Bug#373164: cdbs: stop overriding DEB_DESTDIR

2006-06-13 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Eduard Bloch wrote: Please stop using abusing the DEB_DESTDIR variable which have been used by module-assistant includes for many years now. We're not going to rename variables just because you say so. Please provide an example of why this is a problem so we can come to a workable solution.

Bug#373164: [Build-common-hackers] Bug#373164: cdbs: stop overriding DEB_DESTDIR

2006-06-13 Thread Duck
Eduard Bloch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Then document it properly. What I expect as user is a good readable overview of how CDBS poisons the environment: ie. a complete list of variables set and overriden by it with links to the conflicting packages. Currently, your manual is unreadable

Bug#373164: [Build-common-hackers] Bug#373164: cdbs: stop overriding DEB_DESTDIR

2006-06-13 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Marc Dequènes wrote: Waiting for Peter about the namespace proposal. I may start using it for the new variables introduced in the new python class, but this decision must be taken quickly. If there is ever going to be something like a CDBS 2 rewrite, then the makefile variable namespaces can