Re: Binaryless uploads [Was: FTBFS: architecture all packages]
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar@debian.org> writes:
>
> > On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> >
> > > The only problem with that is the current failure to comply to policy,
> > > i.e. build from source as they should.
> > >
> >
> > The question remains is simply removing all the extra source from
> > webmin-n.orig.tar.gz except that which is necessary to build the webmin
> > binary package (i.e not any of the modules which will have their own
> > source and binary packages) an aceptable solution to the problem or not?
>
> >From what I read in this thread webmin-n.orig.tar.gz also contains
> some non-free sources, right?
>
It has source for all the modules including the non-free ones. However
the binary packages for those modules are built from seperate source
packages not this one.
> Then you have no choice but split it up to get the rest into main. And
> when you don't have a pristine upstream orig.tar.gz you can split it
> up as far as you like or need to.
>
The only reason for having the webmin.orig.tar.gz as it is was to provide
something approximating the upstream tarball. It sounds like I don't need
to bother about that.
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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
La Salle Debain - http://www.braincells.com/debian/
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