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diff --git a/doc/bugs/installing_from_svn_copies_.svn_directories.mdwn b/doc/bugs/installing_from_svn_copies_.svn_directories.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..dec916044 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/installing_from_svn_copies_.svn_directories.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +If you do an svn co, and then install from the generated WC, the makefile +copies .svn directories to various locations: + +$ find ~/ikidev-install/share/ikiwiki/ -name ".svn" +/home/glasserc/ikidev-install/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/smileys/.svn +/home/glasserc/ikidev-install/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/subpage/.svn +/home/glasserc/ikidev-install/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/wikiicons/.svn +/home/glasserc/ikidev-install/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/templates/.svn + +I think the guilty command is this one: + +cp -aL basewiki/* /home/glasserc/ikidev-install//share/ikiwiki/basewiki + +(PREFIX is ~/ikidev-install here.) + +I don't know of a good fix. I wouldn't have discovered this except that I got +permission denied errors when I tried to make a change and install again. +--Ethan + +> I observed the same thing by running debuild from an SVN checkout and +> getting lintian warnings about the .svn directories. --[[JoshTriplett]] + +> The .svn directories can be avoided in the deb by setting +> DH_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE=.svn in the environment before building. +> I prefer to use that kind of hack exterior to a package rather than +> putting in RCS-specific exclude hacks. +> +> [[Done]] for the install from svn checkout case. --[[Joey]] |