severity 565436 wishlist
tag 565436 + patch
retitle 565436 PATH to Debian source in env var
stop
Hi
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010, Francesco Poli (t1000) wrote:
> Would it be possible to add a new environment variable to identify the
> debianized source directory?
>
> I think that adding the following simple line in pdebuild-internal just
> before export HOME=$(readlink -f $(pwd)/../)
> would suffice:
>
> export DEBSOURCEDIR=$(readlink -f $(pwd))
>
> maybe with a comment that explains that this is useful for
> hook scripts.
>
> I think this would be harmless and very useful for many hook
> scripts written by users in the future.
> Please add this line as soon as possible, if you agree.
Sure; that seems fine; not sure about the actual name, but that would
work.
The other hooks around do things like:
cd /tmp/buildd/*/debian/..
Which is probably a good workaround for your hooks for now.
--
Loïc Minier
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