Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.21.1
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/dpkg-buildpackage
Dear Maintainer,
I'm requesting a flag or environment variable for dpkg-buildpackage and
related tools which will allow overriding the version value of the package
being produced. Supporting either a build versi
> Right, and while I'm happy to entertain the possibility to support something
> like this, it seems a bit like one of those gargantuan projects we might end
> up
> with. So, I guess I'd also like to understand the motivations, and perhaps
> whether other alternatives are not fulfilling? :)
We're
> I have CC'ed Guillem Jover because *if* this is a change to be supported,
> then it would need dpkg and debhelper to support it.
Great! I look forward to hearing his response as well.
> For this to be possible, it would require two "independent" features in the
> Debian build stack:
>
> C1)
Package: debhelper
Version: 13.6ubuntu1
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
I'm working on a use-case which can be generalized as wanting to be able to
perform a build with debhelper in a read-only source directory. Not simply
that the files themselves are read-only, but that the full directory
Can we get some traction on this issue. I'm having the exact same problem.
However, I don't want to delete my SQLITE databases because they contain
any additional annotations and tags that I've added. I would expect a
software version upgrade to handle this transparently.
- Garrett
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