Re: Binaries in *.orig.tar.gz?
Mitch Blevins <mblevin@debian.org> writes:
> If the upstream author includes a binary precompiled
> (I guess for users uncomfortable with compiling)
> in his tarball, should this be passed along in the *.orig.tar.gz?
>
> I don't want to hose any scripts expecting to find just text, and
> I don't want to bloat the size unnecessarily.
dpkg-source won't deal with altering binary files, but it doesn't mind
them in the source unaltered. As to the size, well, the waste of
space has to be traded off with the benefits of pristine upstream
source.
--
James
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