On 22-Jun-01, 17:19 (CDT), Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Steve Greenland wrote: > > On 21-Jun-01, 10:52 (CDT), Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Problems discovered so far: > > > > > > * tarball contains leading './' > > > > Why is this a problem? I mean, I see that dpkg-source gives an error, > > but what's the actual issue? Tar unpacks them just fine. > > This is one of the errors that was enabled in 1.9.11 that really should be a > warning.
I'm sorry to be so dense, but I'm still don't understand: Why should it even be a warning? What in particular makes tar archives containing paths that begin "./foo/" inferior to those with "foo/"? Steve -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read every list I post to.)
