On 3 May 2017 at 19:33, Daniel Baumann wrote: | On 05/03/17 16:19, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | > But there isn't a lot I can do | | well, you could create the directory in the clean target.. and keep | track of that by using find -type d -empty or so..
Patch? | (yes, rather anyoing) | | > -- besides using my upstream bugzilla account | > and filing this as https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17266 | | thanks ;) | | also there's another funny one: if you name the directory of the source | tree something containing a tilde (in my case, 3.4.0-1~dschinn1 for my | local stretch backport), then it FTBFS too. That is a known Debian or texlive or ... bug methinks as I had similar issues when naming the actual build directory that way. I think I should close this. It is a pure upstream issue. (And if follow the issue upstream, I didn't get to warm a reception.) Dirk -- http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org