Re: dh_movefiles, tar vs. mv
>>>>> "Christoph" == Christoph Berg <cb@df7cb.de> writes:
Christoph> As I understood it, the question was about moving stuff
Christoph> from debian/tmp to debian/package. The stuff in
Christoph> debian/tmp should get removed by the clean target
Christoph> anyway, so it doesn't hurt to move instead of copying
Christoph> it.
A benefit of moving files, rather then copying, is that you get to see
at a glance what files your package left behind and missed in
debian/tmp (e.g. if upstream adds new files to the packages but
doesn't document these additions).
--
Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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