debian/README.source | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
New commits:
commit 523cead47822248d7d1af305eade963a3fd7a39e
Author: Robert Hooker <sarv...@ubuntu.com>
Date: Wed May 1 22:26:47 2013 -0400
Update debian/README.source to note how to fix symlink problems when
building from git
diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source
index 5dde0bf..11e03f7 100644
--- a/debian/README.source
+++ b/debian/README.source
@@ -56,3 +56,10 @@ run:
You may need to run quilt pop -a to unapply patches first before running
this command.
+
+While building from git, dpkg-source can complain about symlinks vs.
+normal files mismatches. To work around this issue, before uploading,
+and without committing:
+
+ find -type l | while read dest; do src=$(readlink -f $dest); rm $dest; cp
$src $dest; done
+
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