Bug#674246: destination directory parameter

2012-05-27 Thread Brian May
On 27 May 2012 00:46, Ron wrote: > These kind of go against the original spirit of what was intended for > the hooks, but for people who want these things, that's a tradeoff they > need to choose for themselves.  The thing that keeps them within it > though, is that they are only required to build

Bug#674246: destination directory parameter

2012-05-26 Thread Ron
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 11:46:13AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > On 25 May 2012 16:40, Ron wrote: > > Do you really need this persistently after gitpkg exits, or can you > > actually do what you need with it from a gitpkg hook before it exits? > > The problem with doing it from a hook is that I don't

Bug#674246: destination directory parameter

2012-05-25 Thread Brian May
On 25 May 2012 16:40, Ron wrote: > Do you really need this persistently after gitpkg exits, or can you > actually do what you need with it from a gitpkg hook before it exits? The problem with doing it from a hook is that I don't want to do the exact same action every time I run gitpkg. For examp

Bug#674246: destination directory parameter

2012-05-24 Thread Ron
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 09:24:02AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > On 24 May 2012 23:10, Ron wrote: > > Hi Brian, > > Hello Ron, > > Thanks for your very prompt response. > > > Is there anything other than DEB_DIR that you can see your script likely > > wanting to override to do what it needs to do?

Bug#674246: destination directory parameter

2012-05-24 Thread Brian May
On 24 May 2012 23:10, Ron wrote: > Hi Brian, Hello Ron, Thanks for your very prompt response. > Is there anything other than DEB_DIR that you can see your script likely > wanting to override to do what it needs to do? I guess my use case would be along the lines of scripting: TMPDIR=... DEB_D

Bug#674246: destination directory parameter

2012-05-24 Thread Ron
Hi Brian, On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 02:08:18PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > Please allow specifying the destination directory as an optional > command line parameter. I want to be able to use gitpkg from a script > that puts the output in a temp directory, and while I could have the > script query, se

Bug#674246: destination directory parameter

2012-05-23 Thread Brian May
Package: gitpkg Version: 0.21 Severity: wishlist Please allow specifying the destination directory as an optional command line parameter. I want to be able to use gitpkg from a script that puts the output in a temp directory, and while I could have the script query, set, and then reset gitpkg.deb-