On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 10:28:55PM +0100, László Böszörményi (GCS) wrote: > On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 9:34 PM, Steve Langasek > <steve.langa...@canonical.com> wrote: > > git-cola was failing to build in Ubuntu, because debian/rules removes the > > upstream changelog from /usr/share/doc/git-cola as part of the build > > process, but Ubuntu already has code in its autobuilders to exclude upstream > > changelogs from packages on an archive-wide basis. > Do you know if Debian autobuilders is going to be patched as well?
Not that I know of. This is an Ubuntu policy decision regarding package contents; it seems likely that Debian would instead implement any policy changes in debhelper itself. > > A simple one-line change > > to use 'rm -rf' instead of 'rm -r' fixes this to ignore the case of a > > missing file. > Yes, this is the easiest fix. But I think it will shadow the fact if > the directory or relnotes.rst is no longer installed. > > Would you consider applying this patch in Debian? > Would you mind if I sort of simulate the Ubuntu dh_installchangelogs > working with: > dh_installchangelogs -XCHANGELOG > and the file removal is not needed anymore? That also makes sense to me. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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