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diff --git a/tags/d/debian-rules-parses-dpkg-parsechangelog.tag b/tags/d/debian-rules-parses-dpkg-parsechangelog.tag new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4b5a0bd --- /dev/null +++ b/tags/d/debian-rules-parses-dpkg-parsechangelog.tag @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Tag: debian-rules-parses-dpkg-parsechangelog +Severity: info +Check: debian/rules +Explanation: The rules file appears to be parsing the output of dpkg-parsechangelog to + determine the current package version name, version, or timestamp, etc. + . + Since dpkg 1.16.1, this could be replaced by including the + /usr/share/dpkg/pkg-info.mk Makefile library and using the + DEB_{SOURCE,VERSION} or SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH variables. + . + Using this library is not only cleaner and more efficient, it handles many + corner-cases such as binNMUs, epoch versions, etc. |