Re: binary addition in the debian .diff.gz

[Jérôme Marant <jerome.marant@fr.thalesgroup.com>]

On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 04:56:32PM +0100, Sven wrote:

> Well, you could issue a new tarball of the same version, something like
> zoggy_0.91a.orig.tar.gz, including the manual, and then have no worry about
> the .diff.gz.

  The .orig.tar.gz should be the pristine upstream tarball (.i.e. same
  MD5 sum) whenever possible. The diff file is dedicated to debian
  packaging specifics. That's why changing the diff only is a better
  packaging practice.

  Cheers, 


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Jérôme Marant