On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 03:07:54PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Is there any reasonable situation where modification (during build) of > ANY existing files under debian/ is a good idea? > > I know modifying existing non-debian/ files is common to patch > source-level problems, but is modifying existing debian/ files wide > spread? Could anyone do a archive-wide non-root rebuild with 'chmod -R > -w debian/' with debian/ owned by some other user?
debhelper creates files in debian/ so maybe we should stick with the original question. debian/control is not autogenerated, but DEBIAN/control is (by dpkg-gencontrol). This difference should be made clear in the rationale. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here.
