Package: devscripts Version: 2.8.14 Severity: wishlist svn-buildpackage works by default with a particular directory setup which makes tools like debi and debc fail.
The generated package is not in the directory above the package tree because the current tree is not used to build the package... since the current tree is managed by subversion and an "export" is done in a completely different directory where the build really happens. That's why debi and debc should check for the presence of ".svn/deb-layout" and if that file exists they should look for the generated files under the directory "buildArea" mentionned by this file. Example of this file here : buildArea=/home/rhertzog/partages/debian/paquets/build-area origDir=/home/rhertzog/partages/debian/paquets/tarballs tagsUrl=https://svn.freexian.org:8084/debian/pkg/libdbd-pg-perl/tags trunkDir=/home/rhertzog/partages/debian/paquets/libdbd-pg-perl trunkUrl=https://svn.freexian.org:8084/debian/pkg/libdbd-pg-perl/trunk upsCurrentUrl=https://svn.freexian.org:8084/debian/pkg/libdbd-pg-perl/branches/upstream/current upsTagUrl=https://svn.freexian.org:8084/debian/pkg/libdbd-pg-perl/branches/upstream That's it. I'm sure we could find other similar improvements in the various tools provided by devscripts. For example, uscan could download new upstream tarballs in the "tarballs" directory managed by svn-buildpackage (variable origDir above). Cheers, -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages devscripts depends on: ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg-dev 1.10.28 Package building tools for Debian ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii perl 5.8.4-8 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sed 4.1.2-8 The GNU sed stream editor -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
