Bug#373164: [Build-common-hackers] Bug#373164: cdbs: stop overriding DEB_DESTDIR

[Marc Dequènes (Duck)]

tags 373164 + wontfix
thanks


Coin,

Eduard Bloch <blade at debian.org> writes:

> Please stop using abusing the DEB_DESTDIR variable which have been used
> by module-assistant includes for many years now. Please do better
> research when starting using variables, blindly overriding the existing
> ones. Please give the variables useful names. DEB_DESTDIR does not mean
> the destination directory for the deb file. It means something different
> any maybe should be renamed to CDBS_CONTENTS_DIR. Exactly like most of
> your other variables, why are you using DEB_ prefix? CDBS_ would be
> more appropriate, it would describe who set it and why.

CDBS is using DEB_DESTDIR (and DEB_*) for years. I don't know which one
used it first, but this is quite an ancient behavior ; i'm astonished
you complained this late, as it is now *IMPOSSIBLE* to fix this problem,
too many packages would FTBFS if we change such variables.

I strongly agree CDBS_* would have been better, nevertheless, why should
module-assistant have the priviledge of DEB_* variables usage ? If the
closest relationship to debhelper wins, then CDBS wins.

-- 
Marc Dequènes (Duck)
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