On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:11:56 -0800 Russ Allbery wrote: > Miguel Telleria de Esteban writes: > > > > ... or maybe subsequent git-buildpackage invocations may generate > > md5sum different .orig.tar.gz?? I guess not (although I will > > check). > > Every time you generate an *.orig.tar.gz file from Git (or, for that > matter, via any other mechanism), it will be different. The output > of tar is not stable. If you want to reproducibly generate the > *.orig.tar.gz file from your Git repository, you *have* to use > pristine-tar, no matter how the original *.orig.tar.gz file is > derived. Otherwise, you will need to store the *.orig.tar.gz files > separately or redownload them from Debian when preparing subsequent > Debian patch releases, or DAK will not accept your new uploads. Ok, so I was wrong with the idea the pristine-tar does not have an added value when packaging upstream git-based programs. Thanks Russ for this clarification. Now I finally field I have all the puzzle pieces with me and they fit well together. Regards, Miguel -- (O-O) ---oOO-(_)-OOo----------------------------------------------------- Miguel TELLERIA DE ESTEBAN http://www.mtelleria.com Email: miguel at mtelleria.com Tel GSM: +34 650 801098 Tel Fix: +34 942 280174 Miembro de http://www.linuca.org Membre du http://www.bxlug.be ¿Usuario captivo o libre? http://www.obtengalinux.org/windows/ Free or captive user? http://www.getgnulinux.org/windows/ -------------------------------------------------------------------
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature