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Bug#599206: dpkg-cross should leave files in converted package



On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:14:28 +0200
Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de> wrote:

> > dpkg-cross only cares about specific files types in the -cross package
> > - typically files which are architecture-dependent and which are
> > easily identifiable as such.
> 
> I should care about the copyright and changelogs though. A dpkg-cross
> converted package is undistributable because of that.

-cross packages are not meant to be distributed - they are local
conversions of standard packages. Emdebian Grip packages retain
copyright but not changelog.

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