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diff --git a/tags/d/debian-rules-uses-special-shell-variable.tag b/tags/d/debian-rules-uses-special-shell-variable.tag new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f59f0ed --- /dev/null +++ b/tags/d/debian-rules-uses-special-shell-variable.tag @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Tag: debian-rules-uses-special-shell-variable +Severity: warning +Check: debian/rules +Renamed-From: + debian-rules-should-not-use-underscore-variable +Explanation: The rules file use the make variable $(_). + . + According to Policy 4.9, 'invoking either of <code>make -f debian/rules + <...></code> or <code>./debian/rules + <args...></code>' must result in identical behavior'. + The <code>$_</code> variable is an easy way to violate that rule + unwittingly. + . + If the <code>rules</code> file uses <code>$(dir $(_))</code> to + discover the directory containing the source package (for example, in order + to implement the <code>get-orig-source</code> target) please replace it + with <code>$(dir $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))</code>. +See-Also: + debian-policy 4.9, + https://stackoverflow.com/a/27628164 |