Matthew Danish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This thread reminded me of a question I've been wondering about: > What if you have some upstream source that would be better built > if it was split into two source packages one of which build-depended > on the other one's binary package? How should one put the location > of the upstream tarball in the copyright file? > > "This package was obtained by copying such-and-such directories > and files out of so-and-so's upstream source available <here>" > > Or similar. Suggestion: put in the text of README.Debian a sequence of commands that will fetch the original tarballs, unpack things, move files around, and build the .orig.tar.gz or the directory packagename-version/ or packagename-version.orig/ that dpkg-buildpackage will use to make the .orig.tar.gz. If you do that then other people will be able to help you when new versions of the original package come out. Cheers, Eduardo Ochs http://angg.twu.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
