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Charliej wrote: > Raphael Geissert wrote: >> Charliej wrote: >> >>> With that said this is a quote from my upstream: >>> >>> "Whee, is this something you could take care of at install, delete and >>> then create a symlink. Or would this still violate this policy" >>> >>> Would this be a viable solution? (I told upstream I would ask) >>> >>> I don't think this is a viable solution because the lintian error would >>> still remain. >>> >> >> You should symlink the file provided by the other package, if lintian >> still complains it is a bug in lintian then. >> >> >>> I think one of the reasons he is hesitant is that the removal of >>> "prototype" from the .tar.gz that he hosts would severely impact his M$ >>> Windows users (he has a rather large M$ Windows community). Actually I >>> could care less about M$ Windows users, but he does. >>> >>> As I see it to comply with Policy 4.13 "prototype" will have to be >>> removed from upstreams .tar.gz.. Am I correct in this assumption? >>> >> >> No, he doesn't need to remove his copy of prototype, it is _you_ who >> needs to prevent it from being installed in the package you build. >> >> > This I can do, but to clarify your above statement does that mean that I > remove it from the .orig.tar.gz or do I adjust the rules and or postinst > to insure that it does not get installed? The latter :) > > hmm I think I may have answered my own question. Upstreams .tar.gz and > the .orig.tar.gz must have the same md5sum correct? if so then that s/must/should, there are situations where one must repackage the tarball, but I don't believe this is the case. > means the rules and or postinst have to be modified. Is my thinking > here correct? Besides what I just clarified, yes. >>> This brings me to the next point what if upstream refuses to remove >>> "prototype" from the .tar.gz? >>> >>> Thx >>> Charlie >>> >> >> Cheers, >> Cheers, -- Atomo64 - Raphael Please avoid sending me Word, PowerPoint or Excel attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]