On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 08:26:42PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 03:23:52AM +0100, Sven wrote: > > I have new ocaml 3.04-2 packages available for testing at : > > > > ftp://lambda.u-strasbg.fr/debian/3.04 > > Bug report: I've tried the build from the sources, the build process > halts when invoking dh_movefiles with output: > > dh_movefiles -pocaml-base \ > --sourcedir=/public/debian_sources/ocaml/ocaml-3.04/debian/ocaml > \ > `cat /public/debian_sources/ocaml/ocaml-3.04/debian/ocaml-base.files` > dh_movefiles: The sourcedir must be a relative filename, not starting > with `/'. > make: *** [install] Error 1 > > This is because in debian/rules you used something like: > dh_movefiles -pocaml-base --sourcedir=$(CURDIR)/debian/ocaml > ^^^^^^^^^ > CURDIR will be expanded with full path that starts with "/" that is not > allowed as a sourcedir par. > Remove complitely $(CURDIR) (e.g. --sourcedir=debian/ocaml) works > because by default sourcedir argument is relative to the current dir.
Arg, i uploaded the bad one, i replaced them by cp/mv versions, (since dh_movefile cannot cannot cp files anyway). Anyway, thanks for the correct dh_movefile syntax, it was not mentioned in the doc to what the directory was supposed to be relative. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

