Bug#78014: PROPOSAL] dpkg Build Directory
On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 11:48:41PM -0500, Eric Gillespie Jr. wrote:
> Let me start by saying that i am not in any way attached to this
> specific amendment to policy. What i would like is to be able to
> cause the files that are normally placed in the parent directory
> while building a package to be placed instead in some other
> directory.
Since this would involve changes to so many packages, and since it's
not really a necessity (just build the packages elsewhere if you're
low on space, or move the packages once they're built in other cases),
and since there is a workaround for the truly desperate (NFS hackery),
I will tentatively oppose this proposal unless it turns out that
support for the idea is overwhelming. The benefits are too small, and
the costs too high, in my opinion.
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