Re: How to package software with binaries in tarball?

[Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>]

* Steinar H. Gunderson [Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:46:08 +0200]:

> On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 06:57:10AM +0400, Sergei Golovan wrote:
> > Is get-orig-source target in debian/rules, which fetches and repacks
> > orig.tar.gz sufficient? I guess it should be.

> Sure, if debian/copyright mentions it. debian/copyright is _always_ the
> canonical place for “where does this .orig.tar.gz come from”.

Note that Developers Reference recommends README.Debian-source, though
it says "or similar file". Section 6.7.8.2:

  http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html#s-bpp-origtargz

Cheers,

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