Re: Makefile improvements

On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 18:57:19 +0100
Colin Marquardt <colin@marquardt-home.de> wrote:

> Philip Blundell <pb@nexus.co.uk> writes:
>
> > On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 14:50, Luc Pionchon wrote:
> >> "make ipkg" get the VERSION from the control file
> >> but other targets get it from the top Makefile VERSION variable.
> >>
> >> Couldn't actualy the control file be built by the makefile?
> >> So we have the information only in one place (version, package,
> >...)
> >
> > It is already. See e.g. libgpewidget/familiar/control1:
> >
> > Package: libgpewidget1
> > Section: base
> > Priority: optional
> > Version: VERSION
> > Architecture: arm
> > Maintainer: Phil Blundell <pb@debian.org>
> > Depends: libc6, libgtk2.0-0, gpe-icons
> > Description: Common widget set for GPE
> >
> > 'VERSION' is substituted from $(VERSION) in the makefile during
> > "make ipkg".
>
> I think Luc means that all the other fields are Makefile variables
> too, and that there would not even be a file 'familiar/control1' in
> CVS.
> E.g., extend what we already have in the Makefile:

This is what I _meant_, but Phil's answer is what I _wanted_! :)

I am not sure actually that there is too much point having other entries
into Makefile variables... Do/don't you think?

luc

>
> PACKAGE = libgpewidget
> VERSION = 0.48
>
> with
>
> SECTION = base
> PRIORITY = optional
> MAINTAINER = Phil Blundell <pb@debian.org>
> ARCHITECTURE = arm
> DEPENDS = libc6, libgtk2.0-0, gpe-icons
> DESCRIPTION = "Common widget set for GPE"
>
>
> Cheers,
> Colin
>
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