Re: packages with binary 'source' files
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001, Corrin Lakeland wrote:
> I'm trying to package a program (gnubg) that generates a binary file during
> compilation. However this upsets dpkg-buildpackage which can't diff between
> the current version and the .orig
>
> Personally I think this is a bug in diff (you should be able to diff binary
> files against empty files), but I don't feel like fixing diff right now ;-)
The problem is probably that the "make clean" or "make distclean"
rule does not get rid of the binary file. Either fix the makefile or
change debian/rules.
Sam.
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