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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] setcap for CMake install under Linux

From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 18:00:12 -0800
On Jan 12, 2014, at 5:10 PM, Bálint Réczey <balint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> IMO it does not have to support Debian packages.
> The best practice (and Debian's policy) is calling CMake from
> debian/rules, not the other way around.

As long as switching from autotools to CMake doesn't cause a loss of functionality when it comes to building packages, that's good enough.