Bug#383394: [Pbuilder-maint] Bug#383394: pbuilder: Fails to build if source tree has files with zero size

[Michael Rasmussen]

Hi,

On 2006-08-17 23:29:30, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> 
> That's not pbuilder behavior; that's diff/patch, dpkg standard
> behavior.
> 
Should dpkg-buildpackage not then issue a, at least a warning?
Under development you should be able to try building a package without  
everything entirely according to Debian Policy IMHO.

> If the empty files are in upstream tarball, the problem won't happen,
> but if it's in Debian diff, zero sized files are deleted.
> 
I see is is not a bug in pbuilder, but should it be in that way that in  
any case at any given time a file having zero contents should be erased?

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