Hello, On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 07:36PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > The main misconception is that there would always be *the* source. > > Steps you might have before the compilation starts: > 1. dpkg unpacks upstream sources > 2. dpkg applies patches > 3. debian/rules unpacks upstream tarballs as part of the build > 4. debian/rules applies patches based on distribution > 5. debian/rules applies patches based on release > 6. debian/rules applies patches based on architecture > > What is "the source running on their Ubuntu system" for src:gcc-8? > > This package skips steps 1 and 2, but does all of steps 3-6. But all of steps 3--6 are part of the package build. "The source" is what you get after steps 1 and 2. -- Sean Whitton
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