Re: +dfsg
On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 10:27:23AM +0200, Gerber van der Graaf wrote:
> For the (lib)freefoam* packages I am building I came across some
> non-free files in the source. I got some remarks that the non-free files
> will have to be removed and the source will have to be re-packed in a
> new +dfsg tar file (instead of providing patches in debian/).
>
> As I will have to remove an entire directory, containing a module, its
> parent directory contains a CMakeLists.txt file containing
> 'add_subdirectory(subdir_containing_non_free_files)'
> My question is: do I have to provide a patch in debian/patches which
> contains the change in the CMakeLists.txt file
Yes.
> or should the file be modified before repacking?
No.
For completeness:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-origtargz
Regards,
Bart Martens
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