-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2011-06-11 13:20, Regid Ichira wrote: > I actually used the documentation in a pdf format. I can't find the > specific > file > I used before. > Now I found > http://build-common.alioth.debian.org/cdbs-doc.html#basic-settings. > Can't one set DEB_PACKAGES,and all the other variables,the way > I tried to? > I did notice that, in general, the variables should be set after the rule > fragments are included. Even though the patch in 627968 set them before the > fragments inclusion, I did try the other order too. >
ah, it seems like the documentation is unclear about which variables are writeable and which are read-only. e.g. cdbs guarantees you, that DEB_VERSION is set to an apropriate value (presumably by reading debian/changelog), but you (as the user) cannot override the "full Debian version" in debian/rules file (and thus provide conflicting information in debian/rules and debian/changelog) the same goes for DEB_*PACKAGES: debian/control is the canonical source for which packages to build, and DEB_*PACKAGES parses the file for you and gives you that information in a nice variable for you to _read_ the values from, and not to change the values. i'd suggest to make a distinction between "read-write" and "readonly" variables in the documentation, and replace "use" by "read" where appropriate. fgamsdr IOhannes -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk33Gq4ACgkQkX2Xpv6ydvThRwCePoixPZzZX7udvmhSBqtqpIOq x0kAoPgwVBKeiw7fyfV45l7bip562qsg =zZQq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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