Re: Bug#79620: dpkg-source must handle file permissions

["Eray Ozkural \(exa\)" <erayo@cs.bilkent.edu.tr>]

Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> 
> Previously Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote:
> > I added mkinstalldirs to a source tree that didn't have it originally.
> > That's an executable script, so it works like that in the source tree.
> > However, dpkg-source won't acknowledge this, and therefore the
> > source package I distribute cannot be built.
> 
> You must read the documentation and note that patch and diff don't
> handle that.  I'm not going to add silly kludges to dpkg-source because
> you refuse to fix the permissions or call the script with the
> interpreter explicitly.

Excuse me. Why do you think the functionality that would extend
dpkg-source's functionality in a backwards-compatible/transparent way would be
a silly kludge? I guess it can be done if correctly designed.

I did read the documentation. I have the right to disagree with it, right?
I request that the bug be reopened with a wishlist severity. If you
cannot find a solution that isn't a silly kludge perhaps it can be done
later. I promise to look into the problem if required.

Thanks, 

-- 
Eray (exa) Ozkural
Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara
e-mail: erayo@cs.bilkent.edu.tr
www: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~erayo