Bug#861636: FTBFS when sources imported into git

2017-05-03 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 3 May 2017 at 19:33, Daniel Baumann wrote: | On 05/03/17 16:19, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | > But there isn't a lot I can do | | well, you could create the directory in the clean target.. and keep | track of that by using find -type d -empty or so.. Patch? | (yes, rather anyoing) | | > -- b

Bug#861636: FTBFS when sources imported into git

2017-05-03 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 05/03/17 16:19, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > But there isn't a lot I can do well, you could create the directory in the clean target.. and keep track of that by using find -type d -empty or so.. (yes, rather anyoing) > -- besides using my upstream bugzilla account > and filing this as https://b

Bug#861636: FTBFS when sources imported into git

2017-05-03 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 2 May 2017 at 06:26, Daniel Baumann wrote: | Package: r-base | Version: 3.4.0-1 | Severity: minor | | Hi, | | the upstream tarball of r-base contains an empty directory: | | tests/Pkgs/exNSS4/man | | when importing r-base into git, this gets lost (because git cannot track | empty director

Bug#861636: FTBFS when sources imported into git

2017-05-01 Thread Daniel Baumann
Package: r-base Version: 3.4.0-1 Severity: minor Hi, the upstream tarball of r-base contains an empty directory: tests/Pkgs/exNSS4/man when importing r-base into git, this gets lost (because git cannot track empty directories). and with that directory missing, the 'make check' makes the packa