Mitch Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If the upstream author includes a binary precompiled > (I guess for users uncomfortable with compiling) > in his tarball, should this be passed along in the *.orig.tar.gz? > > I don't want to hose any scripts expecting to find just text, and > I don't want to bloat the size unnecessarily.
dpkg-source won't deal with altering binary files, but it doesn't mind them in the source unaltered. As to the size, well, the waste of space has to be traded off with the benefits of pristine upstream source. -- James
