On Thu, 29 May 1997, Paul Bame wrote: > = > Should this CVS repository be mandatory, i.e. does every Debian > = > package have to be there? > > A brief word of warning... (I tried CVS on dpkg a while back) > > The natural CVS model is to name the directory for the package, > for example .../dpkg/ and relegate the version numbers to tags. > At least one package (dpkg) uses its directory name in such a way > that when the directory is .../dpkg/ the build fails, while it > works when the directory is a versioned one, .../dpkg-1.2.3/.
This has been fixed now, since 1.4.0.9 (it was in my original automakizing patch, it now using the debian changelog to determine version). -- Tom Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.lpsg.demon.co.uk/ PGP ID 87D4D065, fingerprint 2A 66 86 9D 02 4D A6 1E B8 A2 17 9D 4F 9B 89 D6 finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for full public key (also available on keyservers) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
