Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.14.5 Severity: minor The dpkg-source manual reads:
-i[regexp] You may specify a perl regular expression to match files you ... This is very helpful in cutting out extraneous files that get ! included in the .diff.gz, (eg: "debian/BUGS_TODO/*" or ! "debian/RCS/*,v"). For instance, if you maintain a package that you track via remote CVS, where you don't have access permis- sions for committing the debian control files and making tags for cvs-buildpackage(1), it is necessary to perform an extra checkout/update into a directory you keep pristine, to generate ... In the marked lines, these wild cards examples do not constitute a regular expresssions. The text would be better replaced with real regular expression example to suppress mentioned file. SUGGESTION ============ This is very helpful in cutting out extraneous files that get included in the .diff.gz. E.g. to ignore files "debian/BUGS_TODO/*" and "debian/RCS/*,v", the options passed would be "-idebian/BUGS_TODO -idebian/RCS". For instance, if you maintain a package that you track via remote CVS, where you don't have access permissions for committing the debian control files and making tags for cvs-buildpackage(1), it is necessary to perform an extra checkout/update into a directory you keep pristine, to generate ... -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on: ii binutils 2.18-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii cpio 2.9-3 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar ii dpkg 1.14.5 package maintenance system for Deb ii make 3.81-3 The GNU version of the "make" util ii patch 2.5.9-4 Apply a diff file to an original ii perl [perl5] 5.8.8-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii perl-modules 5.8.8-7 Core Perl modules Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends: ii bcc [c-compiler] 0.16.17-2 16-bit x86 C compiler ii bzip2 1.0.3-7 high-quality block-sorting file co ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.2.1-5 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.0 [c-compiler 4.0.3-7 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.1 [c-compiler 4.1.2-16 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.2 [c-compiler 4.2.1-4 The GNU C compiler ii tcc [c-compiler] 0.9.24~cvs20070502-1 the smallest ANSI C compiler -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]