Re: Misc Developer News (#60)

[Julien Puydt <julien.puydt@gmail.com>]

Le dimanche 01 décembre 2024 à 11:42 +0100, Paul Gevers a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> On 12/1/24 11:36, Julien Puydt wrote:
> >     Can you try:
> > 
> >     sbuild --build-dir=~/Debian/repo --extra-package=~/Debian/repo
> > 
> >     This should save all binary packages to the directory and use
> > them in
> >     subsequent runs.
> > 
> > 
> > It doesn't: it fails saying BUILD_DIR doesn't exist.
> 
> Does it still mention ~? then you could try replacing the = with a
> space and or replacing ~ with your home folder. Shell ~ expansion
> doesn't happen in this way AFAIK and might not be supported
> internally by sbuild.

Yes, that was it. I edited the wiki page to document that --extra-
package also accepts paths --- and put the warning on ~ in bold. Of
course, since I hadn't edited a wiki in years, I missed the part about
commenting the change... but well, now it's done.

Thanks!

J.Puydt