On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 23:54 +0100, Benjamin Mesing wrote: > Hello, > > the developer reference describes how to do the repackaging of upstream > source. > Among others the following two points are mentioned for the > repackaged .orig.tar.gz: > * should use <packagename>-<upstream-version>.orig as the name of > the top-level directory in its tarball. This makes it possible > to distinguish pristine tarballs from repackaged ones. > * should be gzipped with maximal compression. This is what you should do *if* you need to repackage upstream source. That is only necessary if it: - contains non-DFSG-compliant material, and you want to upload to main - is not a gzipped tarball - is divided into multiple tarballs It is not necesssary to repackage merely to change the directory name (dpkg-source -x deals with that automatically) or to improve compression. > And it is said, that those points can be met, by using "dpkg-source -b" > to construct the repackaged tarball from an unpacked directory. > (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html#s-bpp-origtargz) > > How do I invoke dpkg-source to create the .orig.tar.gz file? I think if you have the original source unpacked in the directory $name-$version.orig and the Debian-modified source in the directory $name-$version then "dpkg-source -b $name-$version" will use $name-$version.orig to build the orig.tar.gz. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else.
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