Re: Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 10:37:03AM -0500, Eric Gillespie, Jr. wrote: I recently filed this wishlist bug (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=77153repeatmerged=yes) against dpkg-dev, and Wichert told me to take it up with policy, so here i am. I think it would be nice if the

Re: Bug#77153: Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?

Previously Chris Waters wrote: I think Wichert was wrong in this case. I don't think policy should be in charge of every minor feature of the toolkit, especially not optional features. How many times do I have to repeat that this is *NOT* a feature of the toolkit but of the fact that the path

Re: Bug#77153: Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?

On 22-Nov-2000 Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously Chris Waters wrote: I think Wichert was wrong in this case. I don't think policy should be in charge of every minor feature of the toolkit, especially not optional features. How many times do I have to repeat that this is *NOT* a feature

Re: Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?

Previously Eric Gillespie, Jr. wrote: Does it? Why not just have dpkg override that final parameter with $DEB_BUILD_DIR? If someone sets this variable, they clearly want the files to go there and not '..'. No tool should try to second-guess the user. Wichert. --

Re: Bug#77153: Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?

On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 05:04:32PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: How many times do I have to repeat that this is *NOT* a feature of the toolkit but of the fact that the path where the debs are made is explicitly given in each and every debian/rules file? Explicitly? No -- none of my

Re: Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?

On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 17:39:48 + (UTC), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wichert Akkerman) said: No tool should try to second-guess the user. Eh? It isn't. The user *told* dpkg to do this by setting the variable. -- Eric Gillespie, Jr. * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Developer Progeny Linux Systems -

Re: Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?

Wichert == Wichert Akkerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wichert Previously Eric Gillespie, Jr. wrote: Does it? Why not just have dpkg override that final parameter with $DEB_BUILD_DIR? If someone sets this variable, they clearly want the files to go there and not '..'.

Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?

I recently filed this wishlist bug (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=77153repeatmerged=yes) against dpkg-dev, and Wichert told me to take it up with policy, so here i am. I think it would be nice if the package-building tools would place files in $DEB_BUILD_DIR if it is set. If it

Re: Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?

On 20-Nov-00, 09:37 (CST), Eric Gillespie, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently filed this wishlist bug (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=77153repeatmerged=yes) against dpkg-dev, and Wichert told me to take it up with policy, so here i am. I think it would be nice if the

Re: Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?

Previously Steve Greenland wrote: I, for one, would like this feature. I'm vastly confused about why it would be a policy issue, though. because it means all debian/rules files need to be changed to replace dpkg --build debian/tmp .. with dpkg --build debian/tmp

Re: Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?

On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 17:35:00 + (UTC), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wichert Akkerman) said: because it means all debian/rules files need to be changed to replace dpkg --build debian/tmp .. with dpkg --build debian/tmp $(DEB_BUILD_DIR) Does it? Why not just have dpkg

Re: Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?

On 20-Nov-00, 11:32 (CST), Wichert Akkerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Previously Steve Greenland wrote: I, for one, would like this feature. I'm vastly confused about why it would be a policy issue, though. because it means all debian/rules files need to be changed to replace