Re: Clarify rationale for 'debian/rules' shebang line

2009-11-19 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 06:51:31PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Steve Langasek writes: > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:20:17PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:12:33PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > >>> === modified file 'policy.sgml' > >>> --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:3

Re: Clarify rationale for 'debian/rules' shebang line

2009-11-17 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek writes: > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:20:17PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:12:33PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: >>> === modified file 'policy.sgml' >>> --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 + >>> +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 01:10:42 + >>> @@ -1725,7 +1725

Re: Clarify rationale for 'debian/rules' shebang line

2009-11-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:20:17PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:12:33PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > === modified file 'policy.sgml' > > --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 + > > +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 01:10:42 + > > @@ -1725,7 +1725,10 @@ > > > >

Re: Clarify rationale for 'debian/rules' shebang line

2009-11-15 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:12:33PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > === modified file 'policy.sgml' > --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 + > +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 01:10:42 + > @@ -1725,7 +1725,10 @@ > > It must start with the line #!/usr/bin/make -f, > so tha

Re: Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules ’ shebang line

2009-11-01 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Peter Samuelson (I think this discussion is getting silly, feel free to take it to private mail.) | > | === modified file 'policy.sgml' | > | --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 + | > | +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 00:59:18 + | > | @@ -1725,7 +1725,10 @@ | > | | > | I

Re: Clarify rationale for ‘ debian/rules’ shebang line

2009-10-31 Thread Peter Samuelson
> | === modified file 'policy.sgml' > | --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 + > | +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 00:59:18 + > | @@ -1725,7 +1725,10 @@ > | > | It must start with the line #!/usr/bin/make -f, [Tollef Fog Heen] > This should probably also be changed to allow «

Re: Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules ’ shebang line

2009-10-31 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Ben Finney | === modified file 'policy.sgml' | --- policy.sgml 2009-10-21 20:49:37 + | +++ policy.sgml 2009-10-31 00:59:18 + | @@ -1725,7 +1725,10 @@ | | It must start with the line #!/usr/bin/make -f, This should probably also be changed to allow «#! /usr/bin/make

Re: Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules ’ shebang line

2009-10-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, Oct 30 2009, Ben Finney wrote: > Ben Finney writes: > >> Manoj Srivastava writes: >> >> > I think it would be a good idea to _add_ to policy a rule that >> > says that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules" must behave >> > identically, to prevent confusion, and to promot

Re: Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules ’ shebang line

2009-10-30 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney writes: > Manoj Srivastava writes: > > > I think it would be a good idea to _add_ to policy a rule that > > says that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules" must behave > > identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote reproducibility, and > > conform to the prin

Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules’ shebang line (was: debian/rules "make -f" restriction)

2009-10-30 Thread Ben Finney
Manoj Srivastava writes: > I think it would be a good idea to _add_ to policy a rule that > says that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules" must behave > identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote reproducibility, and > conform to the principle of least surprise. Rather