Re: CVS directories in debian packages
On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 22:10, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 11:01:21PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > It does not make sense for source packages either; CVS
> > directories in source trees cause havoc when trying to later import
> > the sources into another CVS repository (for example, a user trying
> > to keep local modifications of debian sources in a local CVS).
>
> Well you assume that all source packages are from an external upstream.
In which case, there isn't much you can do about these included CVS
files, in the source code. Especially if you don't have write access to
the upstream package.
You could:
* Use cvs-buildpackage, but then all your local Debian changes
go out the window.
* Delete CVS directories, but then you can't update.
* Import everything into your own CVS repository, but this adds
complexity not always required.
* The current woody version of dpkg-source seems to ignore these
files anyway...
/usr/bin/dpkg-source:
[...]
$diff_ignore_default_regexp = '^.*~$|^\..*\.swp|DEADJOE|(?:/CVS|/RCS|/.deps)(?:$|/.*$)';
[...]
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Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>
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