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Re: webCDwriter: Native vs. Non-native package



On Sex, 2003-05-09 at 19:53, José Luis Tallón wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> * Even though the upstream sources contain no debian subdirectory,
> 	dpkg-buildpackage says it is creating a Debian-native package,
> 	and thus creates no .diif.gz containing my debian subdirectory.
> I have put packagename-version.orig.tar.gz in the parent directory, per the 
> manual pages/howto/.. [can't remember now]

The file should be called packagename_version.orig.tar.gz. Mind the
underscore, that's a subtle and common mistake.
Also be sure to use the right version notation.

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