Re: Are kernel-patch packages native or non-native?

[Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>]

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 20:49, Ian Duggan wrote:
> > If you want an orig.tar.gz then you have to have one there before running
> > dpkg-buildpackage.
> >
> > As for kernel-patch packages, if your package is like the ones I manage
> > then you'll have a new patch to add to the package every few weeks and no
> > other updates.  So there's no benefit in not uploading the original
> > source every time.
>
> So as for having it be named .orig.tar.gz or .tar.gz, is there any real
> preference or requirement? The files end up having the same contents,
> just different names as far as I can tell.

If you don't have it named .orig.tar.gz then it won't be noticed by the build 
scripts.

> To clarify, not having a .diff.gz nor a .tar.gz, but rather just a
> .tar.gz is acceptable?

Sure, if that's what you want to do.

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