Re: RFS: 'snap2' rsync-based backup program with GUI
On Sa, 12 Jun 2010, Paul Wise wrote:
> > Of course upstream can ship all necessary debian files as is, where is
> > the problem? Then the diff would be empty, or the debian.tar.gz would
> > be empty, and that is fine.
>
> One of the ways dpkg-source v3 differs from dpkg-source v1 is that any
> debian/ directory in the orig.tar.gz is removed before the
> debian.tar.gz is unpacked. So debian.tar.gz cannot be empty and the
> upstream debian/ directory if any is irrelevant.
That is not compliant with what it *SHOULD* do. If there is a debian
dir in upstream (again, anyone showing me the policy point forbidding
that) then files in their should be replaced or whatever, but
it is not correct (IMHO) that these files are removed.
(Again this v3 pain is coming up)
Best wishes
Norbert
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