Bug#777537: leaves files in /var/cache/pbuilder/result/ after build

[Joost van Baal-Ilić]

Hi,

On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 04:38:35PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote:
> On Montag, 9. Februar 2015, David Prévot wrote:
> > They are purposely built then uploaded and installed separately in the
> > archive:
> [...]
> > Maybe this bug should rather be reassigned to the reproducible effort.
> 
> I dont think this bug is in any way related to the reproducible effort, that's 
> just how I noticed it. As a mere user I'd be equally surprised if some build 
> leaves stuff in the pbuilder results dir.
> 
> Maybe its just a very seldom used feature of pbuider.
> 
> > From the end of debian/rules:
> > # list them in the .changes file, so that they'll get uploaded properly:
> >         dpkg-distaddfile debian-faq.en.html.tar.gz byhand -
> >         dpkg-distaddfile debian-faq.en.txt.gz byhand -
> >         dpkg-distaddfile debian-faq.en.ps.gz byhand -
> >         dpkg-distaddfile debian-faq.en.pdf.gz byhand -
> 
> I see. I'm not sure this should be part of the standard binary targets then...

AFAIK, this is some ancient way to make sure these documents end up in
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/FAQ/ .  Could be this practice is obsolete now
and/or should be dealt with differently.

Just my € 0,02.

Bye,

Joost