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Re: pdf files in upstream tarball and -doc package



On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 10:17:52PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Antonio S. de A. Terceiro <asaterceiro@inf.ufrgs.br> [2005.02.10.2215 +0100]:
> > Should I rebuild the PDF's from the LyX inputs to generate my -doc
> > package (and thus build-depend on lyx), or it's ok to just include
> > the provided PDF's?
> 
> lyx is a heavy build-dependency. I suggest to just distribute them
> both, if it's not too much in size. Otherwise I say that the PDF is
> enough.
<devils>
PDF can be trojaned, so you should at least *provide* a way to
generate them from their sources, even if that makefile rule is not
called by default, and the additional build-dependencies are just a
note in debian/rules.
</devils>

Justin



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