On Fri, 2019-09-06 at 20:14 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > A regression from 1.0 to 3.0 (quilt) format: [...] > With debdiff on 1.0 packages, or with regular diff on unpacked source > trees, you get a comparison of the sources that'll be compiled/etc --
Unless it's 1.0 with any form of patch system that doesn't result in the changes being applied directly, e.g. dpatch or even quilt. > ie, anything that matters for the package's functionality. But with > 3.0, you get only a diff of the outer container. > > The new behaviour may be useful at most for comparing changed patch > metadata, or for debugging quilt-related issues, but not the actual > code. While you say "no longer", and "new behaviour", I will note that the code in question has been in debdiff for over a decade. See #475506. Regards, Adam
