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Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles forconfigure/make/check/install


>>>>> Igor Pechtchanski writes:

    > I feel I should clarify the statement that "I'd rather not pollute the
    > source directory with more files".  I don't care if there are extra files
    > in /usr/src/PKG-VER -- that's what it's there for.  However, I'd rather
    > not have 4 extra files per package in */usr/src* -- it looks cluttered as
    > it is.  That's why I like the step that puts them all in the same tarball.
    > The compression is incidental.  The g-b-s can even extract the logs in the
    > prep() step, after applying the patch.

Well there would now be only one more extra file in /usr/src after installing
with setup.exe, ${FULLPKG}-BUILDLOGS.tar.bz2

Maybe in the prep() stage we can then unpack the log files to /usr/src/$PACKAGE/.logs
and delete the ${FULLPKG}-BUILDLOGS.tar.bz2
    > 	Igor

Ciao
  Volker


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