-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eddy Petrișor wrote: > Eddy Petri_or wrote: >> Package: fglrx-driver >> Version: 8.31.5-1 >> Severity: normal >> Tags: patch > >> Hello, > > Hello again, > > Some clarifications about this patch > >> I read the debian README.hacking and realized that instead of a big >> chunck of that file a get-orig-source[1] target in debian/rules could >> be created (See Debian Policy 4.9), so I implemented it. > >> Patch is attached. It is just a patch to the rules file, the >> README.hacking file is not touched, just the rules file. > >> Please include it in the next release of the package. > > This will allow running a command like: > > debian/rules DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS='VER=8.33.6' get-orig-source > > which will: > - check if we are in the root of the package > - check if VER is specified; I opted for this format since > DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is the only suitable standardized method of passing > configuration options to the makefile. If you feel like it, you can use > directly some variable like DEB_NEW_UPSTREAM_VERSION > - download ati-driver-installer-8.33.6-x86.x86_64.run from ati's site in > the CACHEDIR (/tmp) if the file is not there yet > - copy the installer file in the current directory > - create the orig tarball for the specified version which will be placed > in the .. directory. > > Note that temporary data is vehiculated in the current directory, but is > cleaned up at the end of the target execution as the policy requires for > get-orig-source. > >> [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-debianrules
>> +get-orig-source: ../$(PKG_driver)_$(NEW_UPSTREAM_VERSION).orig.tar.gz I have seen that in the TODO file adding a get-orig-source rule is a point so I am wondering why this patch wasn't yet applied. 8.34.8 appeared and the rule worked like a charm for me. Patch 13 is no longer necessary, but some hunks fail. - -- Regards, EddyP ============================================= "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF593tY8Chqv3NRNoRAqHxAJ93WxjxUXyoojn6531yIeQ3mAPd2ACgt4ZV 8EogTVAGvGo6wt/i+a5XAIc= =syXI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

