Re: state of freebsd-manpages
Hi,
Petr Salinger wrote:
> the current freebsd-manpages are severely outdated.
> The last upload is more than 2 years ago.
Seems still the case.
> The packaging have not been in glibc-bsd SVN repository.
> I added it from last upload. The update to 8.4 is trivial.
Thanks.
JFTR: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/glibc-bsd/trunk/freebsd-manpages/debian/
> But the upstream seems to no longer provide manpages directly
> in 9.x series. The "get-orig-source" have to be rewritten.
>
> I would preffer to upload of 8.4 now and after
> that prepare packaging to be ready for 9.2 release.
+1
Gürkan Sengün wrote:
> I don't have a plan for the migration or updates. Please go ahead
> with your plan, sounds good to me...
Petr Salinger wrote:
> So, please could some DD do the upload ?
Will do.
Petr Salinger wrote:
> > How do I build it?
>
> "get-orig-source" recipe seems to be:
>
> apt-get install lftp
>
> cd <glibc-bsd SVN>
> svn up
> cd freebsd-manpages
> debian/rules update
> mkdir freebsd-manpages-8.4
> cp manpages.a* freebsd-manpages-8.4/
> tar czvf ../freebsd-manpages_8.4.orig.tar.gz freebsd-manpages-8.4
> rm -rf freebsd-manpages-8.4/
>
> The rest is to edit debian/changelog and usual build.
I'll change that system a little bit. I always disliked
freebsd-manpages' strange packaging (Sorry, Gürkan) which stores a
splitted upstream tar ball put into a new tar ball instead of just
taking upstream's tar ball back together for the .orig.tar.gz. O.o
Regards, Axel
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