On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 04:52:16PM -0400, Eric Cooper wrote: > > but can't you keep it as a native debian package, yet using a dash > > in the version? I use this scheme with some packages. When I make > > changes only to the packaging stuff I bump the number after the > > dash, when I make other changes I bump the part before it (of course > > setting to 1 what follows). Lintian gives a warning, but it is > > considered to be bogus. > > That solves part of the problem, but the other reason is to separate > out the Debian-specific part of the package, so it could be picked up > more easily in the future by other distros or maintainers.
Correct me if i am wrong, but isn't approx as debian-specific as a package can get ? Do you have evidence that someone is using it on a non-debian system (well, debian or debian derivative) ? And if all they need to do is ignore or remove the debian dir, then things should be just fine, no ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
