Re: Bug#618689: ITP: squizz bioinformatics sequence converter tool
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 01:19:16PM +0100, Olivier Sallou wrote:
> this is done in a patch debianpackaging, should it be stripped directly
> via a get-orig-source?
> I do not manage souce myself, I just do the packaging.
Sure. But if the file in the source tarball is non-distributable
regarding DFSG we can not even put it in the source package (orig
tarball is part of this). The source tarball is *distributed* by Debian
and this it makes the source non-free if it contains non-free files.
This is actually the sense why we use get-orig-source targets in some
cases. The problem then should be documented in README.source to
express the fact that we do not ship a tarball which is identical to
what upstream provides at its site.
> The watch file gets the orig tar from remote server and I added a patch
> to remove file and relative tests.
This only prevents distribution in the binary package.
BTW, if I need to remove files from an original tarball I do the patches
to adapt the build system in the same step so the tarball which is
shipped via the Debian mirror is consistent and builds without problems
which might be caused by the removal of some files. This is a personal
not documented habit of mine which IMHO just makes sense.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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