> I am well aware that there needs to be a way to get debmake's > functionality without using debmake. Just don't integrate a new package building method into dpkg-dev. I prefer having these "extra" capabilities in separate packages than dpkg-dev. That way we have options on how to build the packages. > I think that this should be done with macro-generated rules files (a > la the suggestions wrt automake earlier), rather than by having > build-time utility programs called by the rules file. It would be cool to have an "autorules" macro package for generating a debian/rules file from a rules.ar file. But that should definitely remain an option (especially since it would likely not be able to handle all situations, it is just a bunch of macros afterall). > I don't know whether automake is suitable or not - I suspect not, and > that a new macro set will have to be written - but I look forward to > seeing people's experiments in this area. > > If noone comes up with a solution I like by the time this gets to the > top of my worklist then I'll do it. Cool. Cheers, - Jim
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