[pkg-wine-party] [PATCH 4/8] debian/gendeps.sh: bail on error, allow empty lines and comments in input files

Hilko Bengen bengen at debian.org
Thu Jan 10 23:25:17 UTC 2013


* Michael Gilbert:

> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Hilko Bengen wrote:
>> ---
>>  debian/gendeps.sh |    5 +++--
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>  mode change 100644 => 100755 debian/gendeps.sh
>>
>> [...]
>
> I think a better solution would be to eliminate the .deps and .recs
> files, and go back to the conventional way of specifying dependencies
> via debian/control fields.

That's certainly a possible solution.

As I understand it, the main purpose of those scripts was to be able to
simply specify a suffix such as -unstable in debian/rules, re-build
debian/control, and be done. I would not change that -- just make sure
that the scripts are properly documented and made more robust.

Cheers,
-Hilko



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