I don't know of a good fix. I wouldn't have discovered this except that I got
permission denied errors when I tried to make a change and install again.
---Ethan
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+--Ethan
+
+> I observed the same thing by running debuild from an SVN checkout and
+> getting lintian warnings about the .svn directories. --[[JoshTriplett]]
+
+> The .svn directories can be avoided in the deb by setting
+> DH_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE=.svn in the environment before building.
+> I prefer to use that kind of hack exterior to a package rather than
+> putting in RCS-specific exclude hacks.
+>
+> [[Done]] for the install from svn checkout case. --[[Joey]]