On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 09:06:21AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > ...or there is non-free code in the upstream tarball, or the tarball > > > unpacks to a poorly-named subdirectory, or doesn't unpack to a > > > subdirectory at all, etc. > > > > These last 2 'problems' have not been problems for years. Update your > > brain. > > So tell me what's changed.
IIRC dpkg no longer warns about the name of the directory. That was never a real issue anyway. I didn't have the misfortune to try the second thing (a tarball unpacking directly in .). -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.