[Bug 62623] cdbs-edit-patch fails due to debian/rules whitespace

[Forest Bond]

Public bug reported:

With this line in debian/rules:

DEB_TAR_SRCDIR := snd-8

cdbs-edit-patch inappropriately executes:

diff -Nur snd-8.4/build-tree/ snd-8 snd-8.4.new/build-tree/ snd-8 >>
/home/fab/work/debs/snd/build/snd-8.4/debian/patches/newpatch.patch

Naturally, this gives an error:

diff: extra operand `snd-8.4.new/build-tree/'
diff: Try `diff --help' for more information.

Changes debian/rules line to this fixes the problem:

DEB_TAR_SRCDIR :=snd-8

(note no space before snd-8)

cdbs-edit-patch should account for whitespace in this string, correct?
Or perhaps the whitespace shouldn't be there at all?  Should make be
removing it automatically?

-Forest

** Affects: cdbs (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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cdbs-edit-patch fails due to debian/rules whitespace
https://launchpad.net/bugs/62623