On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 02:03:48PM +0000, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Justin Pryzby ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > If you have to repackage it, (FE for DFSG compliance), then you should > > create the tarball name_version.orig.tar.gz which extracts to the > > directory name-version.orig/ (such as to implicitly identify it as a > > nonpristine tarball). get_orig_source should do this, too. > Hm. I always thought that just deleting files from the tar (without extracting > and repackaging) was the preferred suite of action. The marking seems to be > done with version suffixes (such as the "ds"). The property of using a pristine .orig is very high precedence, but not as high as being free. The .orig should be compatible with the DFSG, even at the cost of using a nonpristine one.
How do you delete files from a .tar without repackaging? Do you mean 1) extract the tar; 2) delete the files; 3) recreate a tar of the same name? Or do you mean simply not including those files in the binary package? The .dsfg marking is used in the version number of binary packages, I know, but nowhere in the source ones. (Which is implied, actually, by the requirement that source packages, even if repackaged, contain no files added or modified by Debian). Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
