[debhelper-devel] Bug#511048: directory removal suggestion

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote:
> How about using the same convention as .gitignore, so to include a
> directory foo put a line foo/ in debian/clean.  The trailing slash
> would tell dh_clean that this is a directory please remove it anyway.
> This would avoid making debian/cleandirs which seems like too much
> clutter, and the syntax is pretty easy to remember and read.

I like this proposition way more than to (ab)use the overhead of
dh-exec for this purpose. It's simple, obvious and can't be
misunderstood.

		Regards, Axel
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