On 01-Apr-01, 18:06 (CDT), Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > diff could delete files, but dpkg-source ignores the deletion. Why ? I dont > see any reason for the ignore.
Because dpkg-source goes out of its way to make sure it doesn't do anything destructive. IWJ (author of dpkg-source, if I remember correctly) probably figured out a way to create hostile source and diffs if dpkg-source was allowed to delete files, and thus it isn't. Steve -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read every list I post to.)
