Re: Packaging source code and Debian diffs (was: [CMake] Producing deb package with 'ar')

[mathieu <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com>]

On Aug 6, 4:10 pm, Ben Finney <bignose+hates-s...@benfinney.id.au>
wrote:
> "Mathieu Malaterre" <mathieu.malate...@gmail.com> writes:
> > If there is no original source code - for example, if the package is
> > specially prepared for Debian or the Debian maintainer is the same
> > as the upstream maintainer - the format is slightly different: then
> > there is no diff, and the tarfile is named package_version.tar.gz,
> > and preferably contains a directory named package-version
>
> Even if the same person shares both "upstream author" and "Debian
> packager" roles, it is highly recommended that you generate a
> 'foo_1.0.orig.tar.gz' containing the source code that is not
> Debian-specific, and a 'foo_1.0-1.diff.gz' patch file that applies the
> Debian-specific changes to make it a package.
>
> This way, the source code can more easily be used and tracked on
> non-Debian distributions, and transformed simply into a non-Debian
> package.
>
> The lack of a 'foo_1.0-1.diff.gz' implies that the package is *only*
> ever of use on a Debian system, and is of no purpose outside a Debian
> system. If that's not true for your package, you should make it like
> any other non-native package.
>
>     <URL:http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html#packaging>

Ok thanks !
This will require yet another dependency to create debia