* Bas Wijnen <wijnen@debian.org>, 2014-04-17, 22:11:
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 07:08:30PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:a) I dislike dh-autoreconf: It removes changed files which breaks my workflow where disappearing files are treated as an error.AFAIK this is incorrect. It will make backup copies during build, and replace them during clean.
I think this needs an entry on <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions>. :-PFrom the manpage: “dh_autoreconf […] is complemented by dh_autoreconf_clean which creates a list of all changed and added files and removes them.”
-- Jakub Wilk