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bzr-builddeb package

  1. Bug #415572
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 415572

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James Westby (james-w) wrote : Re: [Bug 415572] [NEW] bzr-builddeb --export-upstream uses bzr revision from changelog and not from config/command-line

Alexander Sack wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: bzr-builddeb
>
>
> 1. use a .bzr-builddeb/default.conf with proper export-upstream-revision and export-upstream = .
> 2. use a bzrREV in changelog version
> 3. run bzr bd --merge
>
> result: it produces orig.tar.gz from bzrREV
> expected result: produce orig.tar.gz based on default.conf values
>
> This bug feels like a general design problem. As a rule of thumb,
> command line arguments should strictly dominate config files which in
> turn should strictly dominate implicit automagic.

I don't know why you think it is a design problem, that is the rule.
This was simply a bug, which is now fixed.

Thanks,

James