On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
> Dale Scheetz wrote:
> :
> : On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
> : >
> : > withecho $rootcommand "debian/rules clean"
> : > If I did no mistakes it worked for me.
> :
> : When I installed Michael's "quote patch" the next time I tried to run
> : dpkg-buildpackage I got was informed that debian/rules did not exist.
> : Removing the quotes got it working again.
>
> Near the start of dpkg-buildpackage there's a line
>
> rootcommand=''
>
> change it to
>
> rootcommand='eval'
>
> and put in Michels quoting.
>
> This _should_ work.
>
I can certainly do this. The question is: What purpose is served by the
quotes? It works fine for me without them.
Thanks,
Dwarf
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