Use $DEB_BUILD_DIR rather than parent directory?
I recently filed this wishlist bug
(http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=77153&repeatmerged=yes)
against dpkg-dev, and Wichert told me to take it up with policy,
so here i am.
I think it would be nice if the package-building tools would
place files in $DEB_BUILD_DIR if it is set. If it isn't, they
will continue their current behavior of dropping them in the
parent directory.
I know nothing about the internals of these programs, but it
seems like a fairly simple change. I would be willing to
volunteer some time for this, if necessary.
--
Eric Gillespie, Jr. <*> epg@progeny.com
Software Developer
Progeny Linux Systems - http://progeny.com
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