Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 05:16:27PM +0100, Christian Surchi wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 02:59:03PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > > The problem is that I have a debian native package (so no .diff.gz) that > > > came from a CVS repository and I'm guessing if there is a way to not > > > delete by hand CVS and .cvs... files each time I check out to build the > > > package. > > > > but are you using cvs-buildpackage? > > No, I had a rapid look at it, and I still prefer to work "by hand". > Anyway, this is a general problem: how to remove some kind of files from > a debian native package source tree.
IMHO, CVS files should never part of a .tar.gz. With automake you can do: dist-hook: find $(distdir) -type d -name CVS -print | xargs rm -rf Ciao Racke -- Die Erde bleibt keine Scheibe. --- The earth remains no disk. For projects and other business stuff please refer to COBOLT NetServices (URL: http://www.cobolt.net; Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Phone: 0041-1-3884400)