original source has file in top-level directory

[Mathias Ertl <mati@fsinf.at>]

Hi,

I am having problems building a source package where the original source 
package includes a file at the top-level directory. For example, the 
orig.tar.gz contains:

    mati@haumea:~ $ tar tf some_1.7.1.orig.tar.gz
    topfile
    some/file1
    some/file2
    ...

This causes problems when I try to build the source package using dpkg-source 
-b. It claims that all files in the original source where added to the source-
file. Example:

    mati@haumea:~ $ dpkg-source -b some-1.7.1
    dpkg-source: info: using source format `3.0 (quilt)'
    dpkg-source: info: building some using existing ./some_1.7.1.orig.tar.gz
    dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of file topfile
    dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of directory some
    dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of file some/file1
    dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of file some/file2
    ...
    dpkg-source: info: local changes detected, the modified files are:
    some-1.7.1/file1
    some-1.7.1/file2
    ...
    dpkg-source: error: aborting due to unexpected upstream changes, see ...
    
When I remove "topfile" (the one on the top-level), I do not have the problem. 
Is it approriate to repackage the orig.tar.gz in this case (if the file is not 
needed)? Am I missing something? Can i.e. uscan, dpkg-source or some other 
tool handle this situation in some way? Is the problem even reproducable for 
you? Am I doing something wrong?

greetings, Mati

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