Re: Lintian error
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Charliej wrote:
> Raphael Geissert wrote:
>> Charliej wrote:
>>
>>> With that said this is a quote from my upstream:
>>>
>>> "Whee, is this something you could take care of at install, delete and
>>> then create a symlink. Or would this still violate this policy"
>>>
>>> Would this be a viable solution? (I told upstream I would ask)
>>>
>>> I don't think this is a viable solution because the lintian error would
>>> still remain.
>>>
>>
>> You should symlink the file provided by the other package, if lintian
>> still complains it is a bug in lintian then.
>>
>>
>>> I think one of the reasons he is hesitant is that the removal of
>>> "prototype" from the .tar.gz that he hosts would severely impact his M$
>>> Windows users (he has a rather large M$ Windows community). Actually I
>>> could care less about M$ Windows users, but he does.
>>>
>>> As I see it to comply with Policy 4.13 "prototype" will have to be
>>> removed from upstreams .tar.gz.. Am I correct in this assumption?
>>>
>>
>> No, he doesn't need to remove his copy of prototype, it is _you_ who
>> needs to prevent it from being installed in the package you build.
>>
>>
> This I can do, but to clarify your above statement does that mean that I
> remove it from the .orig.tar.gz or do I adjust the rules and or postinst
> to insure that it does not get installed?
The latter :)
>
> hmm I think I may have answered my own question. Upstreams .tar.gz and
> the .orig.tar.gz must have the same md5sum correct? if so then that
s/must/should, there are situations where one must repackage the tarball,
but I don't believe this is the case.
> means the rules and or postinst have to be modified. Is my thinking
> here correct?
Besides what I just clarified, yes.
>>> This brings me to the next point what if upstream refuses to remove
>>> "prototype" from the .tar.gz?
>>>
>>> Thx
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
Cheers,
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