Bug#391240: debian-policy: Please elaborate on cleaning up files outside the build dir
On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 06:58:48PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> Therefore, I suggest the following patch to the Debian policy:
>
> --- debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml.orig 2006-10-05 18:52:02.000000000 +0200
> +++ debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml 2006-10-05 18:58:19.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1882,7 +1882,15 @@
> and <tt>binary</tt> targets may have had, except
> that it should leave alone any output files created in
> the parent directory by a run of a <tt>binary</tt>
> - target.
> + target<footnote>
> + This includes files that are generated outside the
> + build directory, e.g. dotfiles in $HOME (if that
> + exists) or TeX font cache data. Note that TeX is
> + often called indirectly to create PDF or PS versions
> + of documentation. Hints for cleaning up the TeX font
> + cache are in the TeX policy draft in
> + the <package>tex-common</package> package.
> + </footnote>.
> </p>
This kind of requirement does not seem realistic in general.
It would be simpler and better to require that the build
process do not write outside the build directory and /tmp.
(This might require change to building tools that does not
allow to set their state directories) This would avoid
the risk of removing user dotfiles by mistake or missing
to remove some files. This would also failuer when build by
a buildd where the buildd user does not have a home directory.
For the TeX problem, I would suggest to add a local texmf.cnf
file that setup the font cache in the build directory. This
way it is easy to clean up in clean target.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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