On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 02:07:52 PM Ben Finney wrote: > I'm not pleased with using the overrides to patch and un-patch the > source. If there were a way to simply have a patch that says “remove > these files”, which is also un-applied during the clean target, I'd be > happy.
Unusual patch management is exactly the problem we should be careful about.
Try "unapply-patches" in "debian/source/local-options".
https://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/11/18/4-tips-to-maintain-a-3-0-quilt-debian-source-package-in-a-vcs/
> Or maybe earlier, in ‘override_dh_auto_build’?
Sure, why not?
> That is rather opaque to my view. Isn't there a better way to get the
> exactly “/build/xkcdpass-1.4.3/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_3.5/build/xkcdpass”
> during the build, without relying on globs?
I don't know and I don't have time to investigate. Sorry. I'm sure you'll
find an elegant way. ;)
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Dmitry Smirnov.
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