On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 06:17:22PM +0000, Neil Williams wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:29:58 +0100
> Daniel Leidert <daniel.leid...@wgdd.de> wrote:
> 
> > Package: svn-buildpackage
> > Version: 0.8.3
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > 
> > I'm not sure if I should consider this a bug. I have a setup in which
> > I run dch via --svn-prebuild. But this changes the version and
> > lintian won't find the .changes file, because it is constructed from
> > the package version before running --svn-prebuild contents.
> 
> I've had similar situations but IMHO --svn-prebuild is the wrong place
> for a call to dch. debian/changelog should be committed to SVN
> beforehand, if necessary using a script instead of an alias. It's a
> misuse of prebuild to make changes to the changelog itself - just as it
> would be to make changes to debian/control or add a patch as part of
> prebuild.
> 
> --svn-prebuild should not be used in ways which break existing release
> goals (like building twice in a row without changes).
> 
> I'm tempted to close this as "not a bug".

FWIW, ack. :)

Hauke

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