On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:30:48AM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > The problem is that the regenerated files are not identical to the
> > original files and you simply get a diff which finally makes different
> > Debian source packages depending how often you start the build process.
> >
> Err, no. If debian/rules clean removes some files, they'll never show
> up in a diff anywhere.
Assume please the following:
1. Unpack upstream source, copy debian/ dir into it
2. make -f debian/rules clean
3. store the resulting build dir into a temporary dir say dir1
4. debuild
5. store a backup of your *.dsc + *diff*
6. make -f debian/rules clean
7. Now compare the build dir with dir1
--> you get a diff (for whatever reason there are several
examples - most of them because of broken clean targets
which do not clean up autogenerated files)
8. debuild
9. Now compare the backup of the *.dsc + *diff* with the
current one - for sure they will feature a difference because
you noticed the diff in 7.
Do you agree that there are cases where you get such a diff?
I would consider this a situation which should be avoided if possible.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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