Re: Common configuration of Debianish build etc. tools
On 11 September 2019 20:24:07 BST, gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> wrote:
>On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:22:18 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
>
>> One example is:
>> export-dir (gbp)
>> buildresult (pbuilder)
>> build-products-dir (dgit)
>> build-dir (sbuild)
>>
>> So, it would be good for there to be a single way to configure these
>> things. Every tool ought to look in this single place as well as its
>> own configuration.
>
>Ack.
>Using export-dir in gbp, I had to set build-products-dir for dgit
>recently, which felt a bit boring.
I went through exactly the same issue a few weeks back, so +1 from me to Ian proposal with Russ suggestion about xdg.
I'd like to add that one line or two, added into each tool man page about this config file option would also be nice.
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