On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 11:30:04AM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Paul Wise wrote: > > As other people noted new and in old threads, this is because pbuilder > > runs debian/rules clean outside the chroot. To work around it, put a '-' > > in front of the scons -c line in debian/rules, so that make ignores any > > errors from that line. An example from one of my packages: > > > > clean: unpatch > > dh_testdir > > dh_testroot > > -scons VERSION=$(VERSION) SKIPPLUGINS=System -c > > -rm -rf .sconf_temp .sconsign.dblite SCons/Tools/crossmingw.pyc > > build config.log .test > > dh_clean > > > > That is awesome. I have read many docs about make, but never knew that > the '-' at the beginning of the line caused make to ignore errors from > that command. Maybe I have just overlooked it all this time. But please don't overuse it. Granularity is a good thing here. -scons means that *every* error is ignored. It would be much better to check for precisely what you need, possibly:
[ -e /usr/bin/scons ] && scons VERSION=$(VERSION) SKIPPLUGINS=System -c What you want to avoid is the case where execution of "scons" fails for some other reason. There was a recent discussion about this granularity in error checking, either on -devel list, or in a bug log (probably both); I forget the context, though. Anyway, pbuilder does what it does for a good reason. Why subvert its intent? -- Clear skies, Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
