Changes in config.{sub,guess} and "abort-on-upstream-changes"

[Felipe Sateler]

2011/2/17 Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes at gmail.com>:
> 2011/2/17 Alessandro Ghedini <al3xbio at gmail.com>:
>> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 08:17:47PM +0100, Jaromír Mikeš wrote:
>>> file config.{sub,guess} are modified while running git-buildpackage -S
>>> and "abort-on-upstream-changes" in local-options file aborting
>>> process.
>>> What is right solution for this situation?
>>> git://git.debian.org/pkg-multimedia/phat.git
>>
>> Try adding something like:
>>
>>    extend-diff-ignore = "(^|/)config.(sub|guess)$"
>>
>> to debian/source/local-options. It makes dpkg ignore modifications to
>> config.{sub,guess} when generating the diff for changes.
>
> This is nice solution, maybe this can be recommended in our wiki.
> I can put it there if some general agreement for using this will
> exists in team.
> What others think?

It will still generate git messages about uncommitted changes. The
CDBS approach is to move the files aside on build and restore them on
clean.

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler