tags 581814 pending thanks On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 03:24:27AM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Package: maint-guide > Version: 1.2.18-svn > Severity: wishlist ... > However, I fear it makes dh look a little more like black magic > than it really is. All my debian/rules files include something > like this: > > #!/usr/bin/make -f > > build clean install binary-arch binary-indep binary: > +dh --parallel $(opt_no_act) $@ > > opt_no_act = > ifneq (,$(findstring n,$(MAKEFLAGS))) > opt_no_act = --no-act > endif > > This make it easy to use "debian/rules -n install", say, to learn what > files are run as part of the install target.
interesting... But why not remove such complication. $ debian/rules what_ever_target --no-act This does what you want, is not this? Slightly more typing but cleaner debian/rules file. > Maybe the newmaint guide could advertise the --no-act option so others > can help themselves in this way. I am thinking of something like > this: > > | Lines 12 and 13 are where all the work is done. The percent sign > | matches all targets; they then call a single program, dh, passing > | the target’s name as an argument. The dh command is a wrapper > | script which runs an appropriate sequences of dh_* programs > | depending on its argument. These sequences can be listed with the > | --no-act option. > | > | For example, "debian/rules clean" runs "dh clean"; the list of > | commands that runs can be listed as follows: > | > | $ dh --no-act clean > | dh_testdir > | dh_auto_clean > | dh_clean > [...] > | > | "debian/rules build" runs "dh build", which in turn runs the > | following: > | > | dh_testdir > [...] > > What do you think? This document is for first time packaging. I do not want to stop people to dwell into details. I will put a small reminder in the footnote for "--no-act". This should address your issue, Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
