Hi, On Wed, 04 Jun 2008, Joey Hess wrote: > Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > This is always wrong as the files in the debian directory are provided by > > Debian. > > Unless they're provided by upstream...
Even in that case, the changes should end up in the .diff.gz and not really in a patch in debian/patches/. > > Furthermore those packages do not work with the "3.0 (quilt)" source > > format as it needs to generate a diff between the current source directory > > and the upstream source + a copy of the debian directory + the patches > > from the quilt series. > > So the quilt format cannot be used if upstream choses to include a > debian directory? Of course it can. It removes any pre-existing debian directory before unpacking the .debian.tar.gz. Thus it avoids the need of repacking for the upstream that provides a debian dir in their tarball. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
