package dput retitle 348908 dput: guess location of package ‘*.changes’ file thanks
On 19-Jan-2006, Joey Hess wrote: > Several of the utilities in devscripts recognise when they are being run > from a package's source tree, and automatically find the built files > based on that. It would be convenient for dput to be able to do the same, > so if there's a debian/changelog use it to get the package name and > version and look for ../package_version_*.changes The file needs to be located, more generally, wherever the package build process puts it. It is common for VCS-helper build tools such as ‘bzr-buildpackage’ or ‘svn-buildpackage’ etc. to have a configured source package destination which is often not the parent directory. For example, ‘svn-buildpackage(1)’ specifies the “buildArea” property; the ‘bzr-buildpackage’ tool uses the “build-dir” option. Other VCS-helper build tools may have corresponding configuration settings to specify the package build destiantion, and hence the location of the ‘*.changes’ file. -- \ “In general my children refuse to eat anything that hasn't | `\ danced on television.” —Erma Bombeck | _o__) | Ben Finney <b...@benfinney.id.au>
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