On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 20:49, Ian Duggan wrote: > > If you want an orig.tar.gz then you have to have one there before running > > dpkg-buildpackage. > > > > As for kernel-patch packages, if your package is like the ones I manage > > then you'll have a new patch to add to the package every few weeks and no > > other updates. So there's no benefit in not uploading the original > > source every time. > > So as for having it be named .orig.tar.gz or .tar.gz, is there any real > preference or requirement? The files end up having the same contents, > just different names as far as I can tell.
If you don't have it named .orig.tar.gz then it won't be noticed by the build scripts. > To clarify, not having a .diff.gz nor a .tar.gz, but rather just a > .tar.gz is acceptable? Sure, if that's what you want to do. -- If you send email to me or to a mailing list that I use which has >4 lines of legalistic junk at the end then you are specifically authorizing me to do whatever I wish with the message and all other messages from your domain, by posting the message you agree that your long legalistic sig is void.
