Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> [120911 05:45]:
>> The requirements in policy for >> "debian/rules clean" are very stringent --- to avoid the >> "unrepresentable changes" it would be enough to _remove_ the modified >> (regenerated) files, but policy requires undoing everything the build >> target did, or in other words restoring the original files. [...] > It does not do it must undo "everything". Undoing everything would be > impossible (like, how do you revert the timestamps of directories that > got a newer timestamp because there was a file created and then removed > in there?). > > Policy only speaks about the "effects" those targets had. > > And I think common understanding of this was (at least was in the past) > that removing files not needed for the build is a simple and effective > way to undo those effects, as it results in a working dir aquivalent > for all practical purposes to one where build and binary never ran. I'm happy to hear that, though I don't see how the wording in policy can support it. Perhaps a simple footnote that mentions that adding or modifying files is not allowed but removing them is allowed would take care of that distraction, then? Thanks, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
