Re: New, improved dpkg-source script
> > > Couldn't someone write a new script or modify Ian's, to convert the
> > > existing .tar.gz and .diff.gz files into the new format? This could
> > > then be done batch style on all of the files already on master.debian.org.
> > > Updating debian.rules to actually to do this automatically could wait.
> >
> Unfortunately this won't work. One of the reasons we need a new
> format is that our current format doesn't have any way of recreating
> the original source in pristine form ...
Why can't the Debian diff be reverse patched into the Debian source
to get the original source? I've done this myself manually sevral
times.
David
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