Am Montag, den 18.02.2008, 11:54 -0500 schrieb Andres Mejia: > I've been told that the policy for the get-orig-source target states that > it "...fetches the most recent version of the original source package...". > However, I've seen others using the get-orig-source target to regenerate the > orig tarball for their packages at a particular version. I've been doing this > as well. Some packages doing this are warsow, ogre, fretsonfire, bulletml, > and warzone2100. > > So my question is, when Policy states "the most recent version", is it "the > most recent version _in Debian_" or "the most recent version _upstream_"? > > Even if it doesn't mean "the most recent version _in Debian_", I think it's > important to supply a target or some other implementation to generate an orig > tarball for packages at a particular version where upstream doesn't supply a > clear upstream source package. Packages in experimental and packages whose > source comes from svn, git, etc. are examples of when some implementation > should be supplied. Look at warzone2100 for an example.
Well, overwrite the related variables in debian/rules via command line: debian/rules get-orig-source VERSION=x.y SVNVER=xxxx to get a source package for a given point. And determine these variables for the current version in Debian e.g. via hardcoding the variables in debian/rules or (IMO much better) by parsing debian/changelog (dpkg-parsechangelog). So you can get an older version, the one in Debian or even the "most recent". Regards, Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
