Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 01:40:07PM -0600, Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz > wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 08:27:52PM +0100, David Paleino wrote: >> > E: gnome-translate source: outdated-autotools-helper-file config.guess >> > 2003-07-02 >> > >> > What am I supposed to do? I believe that Build-Depending on >> > autotools-dev | automake is not sufficient, as it seems that those >> > files won't be updated anyways. Should I update them manually? This >> > will introduce those changes in the .diff.gz outside the debian/ dir >> >> Build-Depend on autotools-dev, move the ofending files aside and put >> the new copy in thier place before running ./configure, copy the >> originals back at the end of clean. > > Or, instead of saving the originals, just delete them. dpkg-source > ignores all deletions. >
Quoting the Debian Policy, section 4.9 Main building script: debian/rules[1] > clean > > This must undo any effects that the build and binary targets may have had, > except that it should leave alone any output files created in the parent > directory by a run of a binary target. So according to the policy the clean target must put the original files back on place. [1]http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-debianrules Cheers, -- Atomo64 - Raphael Please avoid sending me Word, PowerPoint or Excel attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
