On Sat, 2020-11-14 at 23:58 +0800, Xi Ruoyao via lfs-dev wrote: > On 2020-11-14 07:38 -0800, Joel Bion via lfs-dev wrote: > > I also am using the tagged-as-a-release 20201110 > > > > It turns out that this is the difference: if you grab the tar file > > from > > the line that says "source code (tar.gz)" you get a package without > > the > > services/protocols files, and the need to run update.py. If you > > grab the > > tar file from the line that says iana-etc-20201110.tar.gz - then > > you get > > the pre-built protocols and services file. > > > > Are these files typically DIFFERENT? I've not seen that before. > > Yes they are typically different. "source code (tar.gz)" is > automatically > created by GitHub so there will be no generated files (which should > not be > version controled) in it.
"source code" actually is a snapshot of the repository, and as said above is automatically generated by github when tagging. whatever.xxx.yy (usually package-version.tar.[gx]z) is whatever has been uploaded by the owner when creating the release... Those files can be _completely_ different. Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
