Hi, Andreas Fester wrote: >>> An excellent point. I imagine that it would also be permissible to >>> repackage the .orig.tar.gz file so that it is gone from there as well. >> >> ? orig.tar.gz should be as it says - the original. > not necessarily. It must be the original, but it must not be pristine. > One reason could be to remove autotools dependencies, another could be > to remove files which would otherwise be removed by the "clean" target > and would end up in a huge diff.gz.
Sorry, but I have to point out that your recommendation describes the very opposite of Debian best packaging practices. - Basically, the only reason to repackage upstream is to avoid license problems. Dropping unneccessary stuff might be OK if hundreds of megabytes can be saved, but is generally not OK. - Specifically, if you need to update autotool output, this belongs 100% in the diff.gz (directly or via dpatch et al). It is frowned upon (for good reasons by the qa people) to regenerate at runtime [1]. Also note that deletion of files is ignored for diff.gz creation. Kind regards T. 1. http://sam.zoy.org/lectures/20050910-debian/img17.html -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
