Re: Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?

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Subject: Re: Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?
From: "Eric Gillespie, Jr." <epg@progeny.com>
Date: 20 Nov 2000 13:25:59 -0500
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20001120183217.C32730@cistron.nl> (Wichert Akkerman's message of "Mon, 20 Nov 2000 17:35:00 +0000 (UTC)")
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On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 17:35:00 +0000 (UTC),
wichert@valinux.com (Wichert Akkerman) said:

    > because it means all debian/rules files need to be changed
    > to replace
	
    > 	dpkg --build debian/tmp ..

    > with dpkg --build debian/tmp $(DEB_BUILD_DIR)

Does it? Why not just have dpkg override that final parameter
with $DEB_BUILD_DIR? If someone sets this variable, they clearly
want the files to go there and not '..'.

-- 
Eric Gillespie, Jr. <*> epg@progeny.com
Software Developer
Progeny Linux Systems - http://progeny.com

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