Re: Enabling uscan to simply remove files from upstream source
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:32:18PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu>, 2012-08-21, 12:21:
> >The new field Files-Excluded in debian/copyright contains a space
> >separated list of globs (as used by find and for specifying file
> >lists in machine readable debian/control files). The deletion
> >process will loop over every expression
> >
> > rm -rf ${MAIN_SOURCE_DIR}/<expression>
>
> So wildcards in the Files-Excluded field would have different
> semantics than in the Files field. That's confusing.
In how far?
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/#files-field
Filename patterns in the Files field are specified using a simplified
shell glob syntax. Patterns are separated by whitespace.
Please propose a better wording that does not confuse you.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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