Re: Confusion about pristine original sources
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:
> I don't think that the dpkg scripts have been modified yet to
> accept the proposed source schemes. When they are, I think the idea
> is that we supply gnats_3.102-beta.tar.gz and the diffs instead of
> the file name gnats_3.102-beta.orig.tar.gz (though this nomenclature
> is of course not critical).
It exists in versions 1.4.0.13 and higher:
dpkg (1.4.0.13) experimental; urgency=low
...
* Patch from Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu> to dpkg-source.pl to support
pristine (MD5-equivalent) upstream sources.
You are still to required to rename the upstream source appropriately.
The upstream source must also pack into exactly one directory. That
patch also allowed directories in the patch - creating them if they
don't exist.
Klee - is this not widely known?
Guy
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