On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 19:16:57 +0100, Paul Cupis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Friday 16 August 2002 18:10, Marc Haber wrote: >> I am wondering how cvs-buildpackage fits into this. From what I >> understand, cvs-inject checks in the unpacked upstream tarball into >> the CVS, puts an upstream_version tag on it. cvs-buildpackage then >> creates the orig.tar.gz from the CVS sources. Isn't that a violation >> of the pristine sources principle? > >I don't think it creates the orig.tar.gz from CVS _if_ the orig.tar.gz already >exists in the parent directory or the build directory.
Yuck! Looks like I'll have to say goodbye to my practice of building in a virgin changeroot, or that I'll have to modify my scripts to put the upstream tarball where cvs-buildpackage expects it to be :-( This is also clearly documented in the man page, where I must have missed it. Thanks for pointing me into the right direction. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
