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View the commit online: https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=b10d78a0f7878ac42246f91cad37cdb311691ec7 commit b10d78a0f7878ac42246f91cad37cdb311691ec7 Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Sun Oct 7 19:06:14 2018 +0200 man: Clarify --build=source explanation in dpkg-buildpackage(1) --- debian/changelog | 4 ++++ man/dpkg-buildpackage.man | 7 ++++--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 162ab23e4..83300f314 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ dpkg (1.19.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + [ Guillem Jover ] + * Documentation: + - dpkg-buildpackage(1): Clarify --build=source explanation. + [ Updated man pages translations ] * German (Helge Kreutzmann). diff --git a/man/dpkg-buildpackage.man b/man/dpkg-buildpackage.man index 10c853ba2..d60b09f54 100644 --- a/man/dpkg-buildpackage.man +++ b/man/dpkg-buildpackage.man @@ -120,9 +120,10 @@ The allowed values are: .B source Builds the source package. Note: when using this value standalone and if what you want is simply to -(re-)build the source package, using \fBdpkg\-source\fP is always better -as it does not require any build dependencies to be installed to be able -to call the \fBclean\fP target. +(re-)build the source package from a clean source tree, using +\fBdpkg\-source\fP directly is always a better option as it does not +require any build dependencies to be installed which are otherwise +needed to be able to call the \fBclean\fP target. .TP .B any Builds the architecture specific binary packages. -- Dpkg.Org's dpkg
