[Bug 877218] Re: alien creates "debian/" instead of "DEBIAN/" directory

[Colin Watson]

"alien -g" generates a tree in the format of a source package, and you
are not meant to build the result with "dpkg -b package".  The alien
manual page says:

  The package can be built from this temporary directory by running
"debian/rules binary"

** Changed in: alien (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  alien creates "debian/" instead of "DEBIAN/" directory

Status in “alien” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  When generating a build tree with "alien -g package.rpm" a subdir
  called "debian/" is created. When trying to build this package with
  "dpkg -b package" dpkg is looking for a "DEBIAN/" subdir. When
  creating a symlink "ln -s debian/ DEBIAN" dpkg worked.

  I guess alien should create a uppercase directory "DEBIAN" for holding
  the control files.

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