On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 07:07:03PM -0700, Matt Chorman wrote: > I've taken a look at the files and I understand the source configuration > process better. What I think this adds up to is, basically, is that my script > is going to have to hack debian/rules on each package? There is no other way > to pass optional configure flags to a compile?
You cannot hope to write a script smart enough to modify an arbitrary debian/rules to do what you want. What you need to do is to come up with a useful standard for passing this kind of option to debian/rules, and modify packages to support it. Sound like a waste of time? I agree. -- - mdz
