Re: dpkg-source v2

[Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>]

Colin Walters wrote:
> -rw-r--r--    1 walters  src         17006 2002-07-18 16:41 evolution_1.0.7-2.debian.tar.bz2
> -rw-r--r--    1 walters  src           792 2002-07-18 16:41 evolution_1.0.7-2.dsc
> -rw-r--r--    1 walters  walters   1954117 2000-08-13       evolution:db_3.1.17.orig.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--    1 walters  walters  13852125 2002-06-16 23:45 evolution:evolution_1.0.7.orig.tar.gz
> walters@space-ghost>
> 
> You will notice that the source packages are prefixed with
> "evolution:"; this is to prevent namespace conflicts.

I wonder why an underscore cannot be used there. It would be a lot less
strange-looking.

 -rw-r--r--    1 walters  src         17006 2002-07-18 16:41 evolution_debian_1.0.7-2.tar.bz2
 -rw-r--r--    1 walters  src           792 2002-07-18 16:41 evolution_1.0.7-2.dsc
 -rw-r--r--    1 walters  walters   1954117 2000-08-13       evolution_db_3.1.17.orig.tar.gz
 -rw-r--r--    1 walters  walters  13852125 2002-06-16 23:45 evolution_1.0.7.orig.tar.gz

I think there is no ambiguity -- the part before the first underscore is
the source package name. If there is a second underscore, the part
between the first and second underscores is the directory to unpack this
tarball to. And of course the part after the last underscore is the
verson and extention info.

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