Re: dpkg --build and empty directories
On Sat, Oct 09, 1999 at 06:46:51PM +0000, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> I suppose, as usual, I am late to this party, and have only just
> discovered that dpkg doesn't include empty directories in debian/tmp in
> the contents of the .deb file. Am I expected to manage these directories
> in the postinst and prerm scripts, or should I just touch a .keepme file
> into those directories before building the package?
Strange...
No, the rest of us are wishing for dh_movefiles to *not keep empty
directories around* after moving files to a different package.
So I'd gladly swap dpkg versions with you, mine's
Debian Linux `dpkg' package management program version 1.4.1.13 (i386 elf).
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