I recently filed this wishlist bug (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=77153&repeatmerged=yes) against dpkg-dev, and Wichert told me to take it up with policy, so here i am.
I think it would be nice if the package-building tools would place files in $DEB_BUILD_DIR if it is set. If it isn't, they will continue their current behavior of dropping them in the parent directory. I know nothing about the internals of these programs, but it seems like a fairly simple change. I would be willing to volunteer some time for this, if necessary. -- Eric Gillespie, Jr. <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Developer Progeny Linux Systems - http://progeny.com
