Re: Bug#178251: slang: don't do a dh_testroot in clean
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 10:42:36PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
> Chris Waters <xtifr@debian.org> writes:
>
> > I think things are fine the way they are, I think what you're
> > suggesting would be a lot of work, I see no tangible benefits,
> > therefore I oppose the idea.
>
> The benefit is 9 characters less typing per rebuild cycle per person.
Do you know about debclean ? This save you 2 keystroke.
> Whether individual packages should be bugged is debatable, but
> the practise should definitely be stricken from dh_make and company.
Why? because they support building packages as root when
dh_testroot can solve a lot of headache ?
There are the right tools in devscripts to support the use of fakeroot
(debuild, debclean) without breaking non fakeroot build.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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