Re: dpkg-source -i on debian native packages
On 26 Nov 2001, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) wrote:
> Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org> writes:
>
> > On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 05:16:27PM +0100, Christian Surchi wrote:
> > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 02:59:03PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> > > > The problem is that I have a debian native package (so no .diff.gz) that
> > > > came from a CVS repository and I'm guessing if there is a way to not
> > > > delete by hand CVS and .cvs... files each time I check out to build the
> > > > package.
Never build a full release from the cvs work directory. Always cvs export to
another directory first.
Doing test builds from the cvs work dir is fine. But do final releases from a
temp dir. Sometimes, the cvs work dir is poluted, and having a fresh checkout
is safer for repeatability.
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