[ gpsdrive ] RPM Build Problems

[Hamish]

> > > the zero-length png-files are not an error.
> > > they are there as proxies to allow the automatic update of the
> > > pois and the icons.xml file. they shouldn't be in a package.
> >
> > If they shouldn't be in a package, then should "make distdir" put
> > them in the tarball?
> 
> Yes and no. They are int the tar ball to make it complete. And they
> are required for the update-icons.pl. NBut best would be to try and
> fill them with content.

could the update-icons.pl script that deals with them just spit out a
1-line warning to stderr that the particular file wasn't found and move
on? (with or without adding in the placeholder in the XML anyway)

That way they aren't forgotten (the warnings annoy you until you do
something about them), but don't annoy the packaging either.


(sorry, I'd send a patch but I don't know any Perl)

Hamish