On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:09:05AM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > I don't think so. > The manpage says: > > If a .changes, .dsc or .commands file is specified, it is signed, > otherwise, debian/changelog is parsed to determine the name of the .changes > file > to look for in the parent directory.
I guess the irritating part about this manpage sentence is the part "to look for in the parent directory", but in reality the difference to be drawn of this is that if a changes file is specified we do not need to construct one ourself. > --debs-dir DIR > Look for the .changes and .dsc files in directory DIR instead of > the parent of the source directory. This should either be an absolute path or > relative to the top of the source directory. This one is basically very clear. It says if --debs-dir is specified its the place were we look for the files. > So it will look in DEBRELEASE_DEBS_DIR *if* I don't specify a changes file, > but > if I do, it will ignore DEBRELEASE_DEBS_DIR and just sign the file I say (in > the > dir I say). That's what I understand at least, and it's what it does if I > create > an empty directory: Ah, thats indeed interesting. While I tend to think that actually doing something when the directory exists but is empty and doing nothing if the directory is empty is indeed a bug. Still, my solution proposal wasn't answered by you. Regards, Patrick -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
