On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 12:54:28AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:46:51PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2343 +0100]: > > > dh_make doesn't build .orig.tar.gz files. It makes a copy of the > > > source tree names <blah>.orig, and it only does that if you don't > > > tell it that you already have a source tarball using the --file/-f > > > option. > > > > okay. and i still believe that it even makes sense to have .orig > > stored in the .orig.tar.gz file. > > No. Pristine source helps users trying to see if you're distributing the > same thing upstream is.
Well, very often upstream distributes package foo as dir foo only, not as foo-1.2.3, so you have to repackage it anyway, or am i missing something ? > > it lets you unpack the file as is without having to worry about > > overwriting the debianized version. > > Use a temporary directory. You should get into the habit of doing this > when unpacking random tarballs anyway. Especially since some random tarballs don't install in a subdirectory. Maybe there is even tar option that helps you do it directly, read the manpage. Friendly, Sven Luther
