Re: How to remove an entire directory (and included files) with a quilt patch?

[Emilien Klein <emilien+debian@klein.st>]

2011/12/13 Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@ubuntu.com>:
> perhaps something like (with dh short syntax):
>
> override_dh_auto_build:
>    rm -rf ./cruddy/folder
>    dh_auto_build $(FLAGS_IF_ANY)

I've added the following:
override_dh_auto_build:
        rm -rf nautilus_image_manipulator/upload/poster
        dh_auto_build


However it breaks the build process:

error: package directory 'nautilus_image_manipulator/upload/poster'
does not exist
dh_auto_build: python2.6 setup.py build --force returned exit code 1
make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_build] Erreur 1
make[1]: quittant le répertoire «
/home/emilien/devel/nim-deb/nautilus-image-manipulator-0.5 »
make: *** [build] Erreur 2
dpkg-buildpackage: erreur: debian/rules build a produit une erreur de
sortie de type 2
debuild: fatal error at line 1348:
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -D -us -uc failed
emilien@debiansid:~/devel/nim-deb/nautilus-image-manipulator-0.5$

It seems like the build process absolutely wants to access this directory...

Then I remembered that the list of to-be-installed Python modules must
be defined in the setup.py file. And there it is:

packages=["nautilus_image_manipulator",
"nautilus_image_manipulator.upload",
"nautilus_image_manipulator.upload.poster"],

Removing the last string, and without any change to debian/rules, the
folder is now not included anymore in the package...

Problem solved!
Thanks all,
    +Emilien