[Python-apps-team] Bug#731623: mercurial: recent change in debian/rules causes error on repeated builds

[Faheem Mitha]

On Sat, 7 Dec 2013, Faheem Mitha wrote:

> The
>
>    rm tests/test-check-pyflakes.t
>
> breaks repeated builds for me here, specifically `debuild
> clean`. Obvious comment: rm returns an error if the file it is asked
> to remove does not exist, and once it has been removed, it is not
> going to be restored.
>
> Changing this to
>
>    rm -f tests/test-check-pyflakes.t
>
> Fixes it for me.

On second thoughts, maybe patching out that file would be a cleaner solution.

                                                              Regards, Faheem