[Pkg-lyx-devel] Problems with the automatic control file generation

[Per Olofsson]

Sven Hoexter:
> dpkg-buildpackage can not build the package without a control file so you've
> to generate the control file by hand which renders the logic in the rules file
> useless (IMHO).
> The FORCE: target looks like a solution but I'm not sure if such hacks should
> be placed in a Debian package.

It's not a hack, it's just a phony target without a corresponding
file. There are lots of such targets in makefiles, even
debian/rules. You can call it something else than FORCE, call it
generate-control for example.

-- 
Pelle