Re: Problem with dpkg-source
Please lets drop the requirement that dpkg-source -x cannot generate new
directories in the archive. Remove those 3 lines that cripple dpkg-source
and lets be done with it. The argument that generating new directories is
not supported on some esoteric UNIXes and thus dpkg-source -x should not
do it is not that important.
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, David Engel wrote:
> I've finally gotten around to converting libc5 to the new source
> format. I'm all done except for one little problem. dpkg-source
> doesn't like the fact that the Debianized source has additional
> directories, specifically the kernel headers in include/linux,
> include/asm-*, etc. As far as I can tell, the "-t" option being
> passed to patch is the cause of the problem as it forces patch to
> ignore patches for which an original file can't be found. What can I
> do about this? Lumping the ~600 or so kernel header files into the
> main directory and having debian/rules sort it all out is NOT an
> option as far as I'm concerned.
>
> David
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