Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.13.11
Severity: wishlist
The manual page reads:
-i[<regexp>]
You may specify a perl regular expression to match files you
want filtered out of the list of files for the diff. (This list
is generated by a find command.) -i by itself enables the
option, with a default that will filter out control files and
directories of the most common revision control systems, backup
and swap files and Libtool build output directories.
> This is very helpful in cutting out extraneous files that get
> included in the .diff.gz, (eg: "debian/BUGS_TODO/*" or
"debian/RCS/*,v"). For instance, if you maintain a package that
you track via remote CVS, where you don't have access permis-
Although the above text says that "perl regexps" are used, a quick look
may confuse reader to take "*" as shell wind character. Perhaps this
could be better worded:
This is very helpful in cutting out extraneous files
that get included in the .diff.gz. E.g. to exclude
+ debian/BUGS_TODO/* or debian/RCS/*,v files, one possible
+ regexp could be 'debian/(BUGS_TODO|RCS)/'. For
instance, if you maintain a package that you track via
remote CVS, where you don't have access permis-
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)
Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on:
ii binutils 2.16.1-2 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii cpio 2.6-3 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii dpkg 1.13.11 package maintenance system for Deb
ii make 3.80-11 The GNU version of the "make" util
ii patch 2.5.9-2 Apply a diff file to an original
ii perl [perl5] 5.8.7-4 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii perl-modules 5.8.7-4 Core Perl modules
Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends:
ii bzip2 1.0.2-8 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.0.1-3 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-2.95 [c-compiler] 1:2.95.4-22 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-3.3 [c-compiler] 1:3.3.6-8 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.0 [c-compiler] 4.0.1-5 The GNU C compiler
ii tcc [c-compiler] 0.9.23-1 The smallest ANSI C compiler
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