On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 19:52:58 +0000 Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I seem to be between a rock and a hard place > > In frustration over the weekend I removed my copy kdepim directory. > I then checked out the version tagged as the KDE_3_1_RELEASE and it > did not have an admin directory (required by debian/rules when > building via dpkg-buildpackage). > > Nevermind I thought, I will download kde-common and symlink to its > admin directory as per instructions. This I did > > Running dpkg-buildpackage - one of the first things it does is run a > script called cvs.sh. This has some magic in it that clears away all > files that did not come from cvs INCLUDING THE SYMLINKED admin > directory. The following seems to work: debuild -b -uc -us -nc I'm too lazy to reread the man page but I suppose -nc means"no clean". Do this immediately after you copy[1] ./admin into the build root. [1]My golden rule of safe building: Don't symlink what you can copy.
