Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> writes: > My understanding is that the current policy implies that the > 'dpkg-source -x' -> './debian/rules clean' -> 'dpkg-source -b' > round-trip should be idempotent for all practical purposes,
This is idempotent for many packages because dpkg-source -b ignores file deletions. > just as the './debian/rules build' -> './debian/rules clean' round-trip > should be. So if ./debian/rules clean does something to a checkout of > your branch, then that branch seems not to be a complete representation > of the source package. I don't believe that follows. Both the Git branch and the source package can contain files that will be immediately removed with debian/rules clean. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/878uyvjnou....@windlord.stanford.edu
