Bug#202873: [Build-common-hackers] Bug#202873: cdbs: Please add support for dh-buildinfo

Jeff Bailey Jeff Bailey <jbailey@nisa.net>, 202873@bugs.debian.org
Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:35:07 -0700


On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 08:54:23PM +0200, Stefan Gybas wrote:

> Please add support for dh-buildinfo in debhelper.mk. dh-buildinfo is
> not part of debhelper so an additional build dependency is required
> for packages that want to use debhelper.mk. Or make the call to
> dh_buildinfo (before dh_installdeb) conditional if
> /usr/bin/dh_buildinfo exists.

What does dh_buildinfo do?  Where's the appropriate place to put it?

If this is permanent, is it going to be added to debhelper?  I'm nervous
about integrating programs that might go away.

Tks,
Jeff Bailey

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