On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 12:31:54PM +0100, Richard Braakman wrote: > Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > > Adrian Bridgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 01:59:25PM +0100, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > > > > Anything I can do to override this? It's on purpose, so that I don't > > > > have to include the whole pike/0.6 tree (the 'pike_0.6.110.orig.tar.gz' > > > > tarball)... > > > > > > -rm pike/0.6 > > > (or whatever the file is) > > > > That is not a fix, that is to break my point. See above, it's intentional, > > that link... > > > > That's why I want to OVERRIDE it... > > You can't. The diff file format cannot represent this. > What Adrian probably meant is that you rm the symbolic link in the > clean target, and recreate it in the build target.
Yep. When the package was made, either an automated script or you yourself made the symlink. dpkg does "debian/rules clean", does a diff and then "debian/rules binary". The symlink needs to be removed in the "clean" stage (but don't crash if it doesn't exist - hence the "-" before "rm". If the symlink is made automatically then fine, if you created it, then just add "ln -s ..." in the "binary" section of "debian/rules". > Of course, this is going to be an icky solution either way, because > it means your package can't autobuild. Eh - why not. Adrian email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett Windows NT - Unix in beta-testing. PGP key available on public key servers Avoid tiresome goat sacrifices -=- use Debian Linux http://www.debian.org
