Hi Axel, [sorry it took a bit long to reply]
On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 07:10:39PM +0100, Axel Beckert wrote: > Package: dh-autoreconf > Version: 9 > Severity: wishlist > > Dear Julian, > > especially with packages maintained in VCS, it would be very helpful if > dh_autoreconf and dh_autoreconf_clean would support a list of additional > files dh_autoreconf backs up and dh_autoreconf_clean restores in > addition to the common files. > > It would be even better if this list of files would be read from a > file, lets say debian/dh_autoreconf_preserve, and that dh_autoreconf and > dh_autoreconf_clean look for that file by default (bug ignore if it's > not present). > This surely sounds reasonable, but currently dh-autoreconf deletes files, and does not restore them. I am experimenting with switching to a copy-on-write approach, where I hardlink all files to a backup directory and then run autoreconf inside cow-shell. In cleanup, I'd just restore the state of the backup directory. This should fix your issue. I plan to ship this in jessie + 1. I think it's too late for such a change now - dh-autoreconf is used by 10% of the archive -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. Be friendly, do not top-post, and follow RFC 1855 "Netiquette". - If you don't I might ignore you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
