debian-rules-uses-special-shell-variable
The rules file use the make variable $(_).
According to Policy 4.9, 'invoking either of make -f debian/rules
<...> or ./debian/rules
<args...>' must result in identical behavior'.
The $_ variable is an easy way to to violate that rule
unwittingly.
If the rules file uses $(dir $(_)) to
discover the directory containing the source package (for example, in order
to implement the get-orig-source target) please replace it
with $(dir $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))).
For more information please consult:
- Main building script: debian/rules (Section 4.9) in the Debian Policy Manual
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/27628164
The tag is present in Lintian version 2.114.163.
That is the most recent version we know about.
We use semantic versions.
The patch number is a commit step indicator relative to the
2.114.0
release tag in our Git
repository.
You can find the detection logic for this version at commit ea05801. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check debian/rules.
Visibility: warning
- debian-rules-should-not-use-underscore-variable