Bug#391240: debian-policy: Please elaborate on cleaning up files outside the build dir

2006-10-11 Thread Ian Jackson
Frank Küster writes ("Bug#391240: debian-policy: Please elaborate on cleaning up files outside the build dir"): > "writing to the home directory" also includes creation of dotfiles, > which some programs do when used the first time (and they keep "copies"

Bug#391240: debian-policy: Please elaborate on cleaning up files outside the build dir

2006-10-05 Thread Frank Küster
Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 06:58:48PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: >> Therefore, I suggest the following patch to the Debian policy: >> >> --- debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml.orig 2006-10-05 18:52:02.0 >> +0200 >> +++ debian-policy-3.7.2.2/polic

Bug#391240: debian-policy: Please elaborate on cleaning up files outside the build dir

2006-10-05 Thread Bill Allombert
On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 06:58:48PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > Therefore, I suggest the following patch to the Debian policy: > > --- debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml.orig2006-10-05 18:52:02.0 > +0200 > +++ debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml 2006-10-05 18:58:19.0 +0200 > @@ -

Bug#391240: debian-policy: Please elaborate on cleaning up files outside the build dir

2006-10-05 Thread Frank Küster
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.7.2.1 Severity: normal Tags: patch Quoting Steve Langasek, from bug report #388399: , | a package's clean target has to undo | everything done by the build and binary targets, which is not possible if | it's leaving cache files around on the system. (The fac