Re: Installed sendmail 8.11.4+8.12.0.Beta10-2 (i386 source)
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 12:14:31AM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> > Previously Richard A Nelson wrote:
> > > * Workaround dpkg-deb (really patch) that doesn't include empty directories
> > > in the debian tree (install them instead)
> > > debian/rules
> > > closes: #99304
> >
> > Excuse me? dpkg-deb definitely does include empty directories.
>
> He probably means dpkg-source, which doesn't create empty directories
> from the .diff.gz. Not a bug in dpkg-source obviously :)
Sorry, no mail yesterday (dead mainframe) ;(
It was probably patch - the empty directories probably didn't get created
in the .diff.gz file - so dpkg-source didn't even see them.
--
Rick Nelson
* aj thinks Kb^Zzz ought to pick different things to dream about than
general resolutions and policy changes.
<Kb^Zzz> aj - tell me about it, this is a Bad Sign
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