Re: ignoring upstream debian directory
Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> schrieb:
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, David Everly wrote:
>
>> Is there some mechanism or alternative for using uupdate so that any
>> upstream debian directory can be removed before patching?
>
> Don't know about uupdate, but you are allowed to repackage the .orig.tar.gz
> to exclude the upstream debian directory if it helps you to maintain
> the package in Debian.
I see no reason for repackaging in this case. It is much better to just
delete the upstream debian directory in the unpacked sources and copy
the "debian debian directory" from the old version to its place. After
doing the necessary adjustments, the differences will end up in the
diff.gz, and that is where they belong IMHO.
Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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