Files outside debian directory in diff

2008-04-29 Thread Andres Mejia
As you all might know, rerunning autotools during a build of a package will leave a substantial amount of files modified outside of the debian directory, and thus will increase the size of the diff file. This approach doesn't comply with Debian policy in regards to the "clean" target. I'm inte

Re: Files outside debian directory in diff

2008-04-29 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En ce début de soirée du mardi 29 avril 2008, vers 21:21, Andres Mejia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > As you all might know, rerunning autotools during a build of a package will > leave a substantial amount of files modified outside of the debian directory, > and thus will increase the si

Re: Files outside debian directory in diff

2008-04-29 Thread Andres Mejia
On Tuesday 29 April 2008 3:25:21 pm Vincent Bernat wrote: > OoO En ce début de soirée du mardi 29 avril 2008, vers 21:21, Andres > > Mejia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > > As you all might know, rerunning autotools during a build of a package > > will leave a substantial amount of files modified

Re: Files outside debian directory in diff

2008-04-29 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En ce début de soirée du mardi 29 avril 2008, vers 21:30, Andres Mejia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: >> You can just remove the generated files in the clean target. It will not >> appear in the diff. You will get some warnings telling you that >> suppressed files are ignored. > I t