Hi, I am updating debmake to use licensecheck and lrc. So no more --kludge. lrc verifies existing file, if needed.
In this upcoming 5.0.0, I am going to address issues raised here, too. I will make error message for no-tarball to be more verbose by explicitly mention to use --tar or --dist. I also extend debmake --help. (man page is explicit and more detail already. I refrained from adding alias like --create-tar for now fearing --help to become more complicated. As long as error message guide people to these options, -- help or manpage should make it clear what these are. Osamu

