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authorNiels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>2016-08-14 07:46:48 +0000
committerNiels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>2016-08-14 07:46:48 +0000
commit1fa6f3b722358fe9234c5da4e68211e8b25c9374 (patch)
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Support auto-detection of whitelisted build-systems
Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
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@@ -378,7 +378,10 @@ check_auto_buildable, configure, build, test, install, clean. See the comments
inside Debian::Debhelper::Buildsystem for details. Note that this interface
is still subject to change.
-Note that third-party buildsystems will not automatically be used by default,
-but can be forced to be used via the --buildsystem parameter.
+Note that third-party buildsystems will not automatically be used by
+default. The package maintainer will either have to explicitly enable
+it via the --buildsystem parameter OR the build system should be
+registered in debhelper. The latter is currently needed to ensure a
+stable and well-defined ordering of the build systems.
-- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>