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authorJonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>2009-03-15 14:08:45 +0100
committerJonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>2009-06-13 23:28:09 +0200
commit3e27a372c3f6d86d21d7d85e1615ceffb701d523 (patch)
tree12ab9c1453cc665a9758e6a4a01d062ad3b2ea3b /debian/README.source
parentb771d0b34a9da6779e704ef99ea9f50b67a0d2c8 (diff)
Add note on DEB_MAINTAINER_MODE to README.source.
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@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ and comment out DEB_UPSTREAM_TARBALL_MD5 before getting the source:
Store new new md5sum to help ensure identical source is received later.
+Setting DEB_MAINTAINER_MODE=1 enables additional build routines helpful
+during development of the package, but unfit for normal builds. This
+typically includes the CDBS feature of auto-updating debian/control with
+CDBS-related build-dependencies, which is forbidden by Debian Policy as
+build environment must not change during automated builds.
+
Maintaining packaging build routines
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