On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 10:08:36AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Mike Hommey wrote: > > > The generated file is updated... and the file in the source package > > > doesn't need to be updated so often. Additionnaly you can avoid having to > > > rebuild once knowing that it will fail... let the build update the > > > generated file, get the diff from the build log and commit it in your > > > repository so that it will be used for the next upload. > > > > > > If your build is rather large, it can make sense. > > > > No, it doesn't. Files in the debian/ directory should not be modified > > during the build. The correct file should already be in the .diff.gz. > > The file in debian is *not* updated, that's precisely the point of this > discussion. Joss wants the maintainer to update it beforehand, I let the > maintainer update it after its final build but it will then be used only > for the next upload of course. (The file in debian is not auto-updated > during the build in any case) > > The file in in the binary package (debian/<package>/DEBIAN/symbols) is > however generated at build time (and has thus updated symbol information).
It's even worse. You're acting as if you were modifying debian/symbols without modifying it, saying it's fine because you didn't modify it... Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
