-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -=| Jeremiah Foster, 9.09.2007 20:40 |=- > E: libhtml-treebuilder-xpath-perl: package-installs-packlist > usr/lib/perl5/auto/HTML/TreeBuilder/XPath/.packlist > N: > N: Packages built using the perl MakeMaker package will have a file named > N: .packlist in them. Those files are useless, and (in some cases) have > N: the additional problem of creating an architecture-specific directory > N: name in an architecture-independent package. > N: > N: They can be suppressed by adding the following to debian/rules: > N: > N: find debian/tmp -type f -name .packlist | xargs rm -f > N: > N: -find debian/tmp/usr/lib/perl5 -type d -empty | xargs rmdir -p > N: > N: Or by telling MakeMaker to use vendor install dirs; consult a recent > N: version of perl policy. Perl 5.6.0-12 or higher supports this. > > > Below is an example of the output I would receive: > > <snip> > > find debian/tmp -type f -name .packlist | xargs -r rm -f > find: debian/tmp: No such file or directory > find debian/tmp -type d -empty | xargs -r rmdir -p > find: debian/tmp: No such file or directory
Which means that the "debian/tmp" thing is wrong. > What I did to finally get rid of this error was to change the command to > this: > > # remove .packlist files inserted by MakeMaker > find . -type f -name .packlist | xargs -r rm -f > > I then placed the changed code (the line above with my comment) in the > install section of the debian/rules file and the lintian error went > away! I hope this helps some one else. > > If you think I was wrong to do it this way please inform me of the > proper way to do it or any changes I should make. Use the correct directory when "find ... -delete"-ing things. Look where $(MAKE) install installs it. I guess this should be $(TMP) - -- dam JabberID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG5DnuHqjlqpcl9jsRAl1IAKCaaGr58O6xDWzOtVN8FAU6F+gY6gCfb/O9 L5eOb2R+bmQP9EpZbNiWdXw= =zOVR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]