Bug#246802: /usr/bin/dpkg-source: [dpkg-source] please add option to control output directory
Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.10.21
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/dpkg-source
dpkg-source does the right thing when unpacking a source package. But
there are situations, where you already have the source package
unpacked, and would like to see the original package again. Using
dpkg-source again would result in the already unpacked tree being
influenced.
It would, IMO, be a good idea to have an option that can control the
output directory. "dpkg-source -x foo.dsc -o foo-old" would unpack
into foo-old instead of foo-version.
Greetings
Marc
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-darren
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on:
ii binutils 2.14.90.0.7-6 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii cpio 2.5-1.1 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii make 3.80-7 The GNU version of the "make" util
ii patch 2.5.9-1 Apply a diff file to an original
ii perl [perl5] 5.8.3-3 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii perl-modules 5.8.3-3 Core Perl modules.
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