Re: Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?
On 20-Nov-00, 09:37 (CST), "Eric Gillespie, Jr." <epg@progeny.com> wrote:
> I recently filed this wishlist bug
> (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=77153&repeatmerged=yes)
> against dpkg-dev, and Wichert told me to take it up with policy,
> so here i am.
>
> I think it would be nice if the package-building tools would
> place files in $DEB_BUILD_DIR if it is set. If it isn't, they
> will continue their current behavior of dropping them in the
> parent directory.
I, for one, would like this feature. I'm vastly confused about why it
would be a policy issue, though.
Steve
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