Re: different sizes for same upstream tarball
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 07:19:31AM +1000, Jason Henry Parker wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> writes:
>
> > apt-get source byacc
> > and you have the old .tar.gz. (Or is there a good reason for a newly
> > compressed tarball?)
>
> The reason I wanted to try a recompressed tarball was that I use
> cvs-buildpackage to make builds easier; if I have to futz about
> copying the old .tar.gz into place it could be a little inconvenient,
> but it's much better than not being able to upload it at all.
.orig.tar.gz should never change between debian revisions. Pre-pool
dinstall used to allow it, which sucked. dinstall no longer allows it.
Since a debian revision is just a debian revision, the upstream
code (ie the contents of .orig.tar.gz) should not change.
Admittedly your reasons for asking about this are different Jason.
I don't know what the solution is to satisfy cvs-buildpackage.
Hamish
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