Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] tools: Improve make deb

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2013-02-26 at 17:57 +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> 
> > I think we can engage in better expectations management.  Perhaps we
> > could rename the target.
> 
> Right, that would be a step forward. Something that make it clear that
> it isn't a proper deb. 


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>From 9ca6f044bae834ec991e7a8c83623344f4701f87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:16:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] build: rename deb target as debball

"debball" by analogy with "tarball". Attempt to clarify the purpose of this
target in the comment.

Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Makefile |    8 +++++---
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2d3ed82..32efb70 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -137,9 +137,11 @@ world:
        $(MAKE) kdelete
        $(MAKE) dist
 
-# Package a build in a .deb file
-.PHONY: deb
-deb: dist
+# Package a build in a debball file, that is inside a .deb format
+# container to allow for easy and clean removal. This is not intended
+# to be a full featured policy compliant .deb package.
+.PHONY: debball
+debball: dist
        fakeroot sh ./tools/misc/mkdeb $(XEN_ROOT) $$($(MAKE) -C xen xenversion 
| grep -v :)
 
 # clean doesn't do a kclean
-- 
1.7.2.5




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