Re: Source repackaging workflow with git-buildpackage
On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:34:07 +0300, Andrius Merkys wrote:
> I want to remove some files from upstream tarball foo-1.23 (already
> in Debian) to produce foo-1.23+ds using git-buildpackage following
> the recipe posted here [1].
Cf. also https://perl-team.pages.debian.net/howto/repacking.html
> I have added Files-Excluded stanza to
> d/copyright and added '
> opts="repacksuffix=+ds,dversionmangle=s/\+ds//,repack"' to d/watch.
I don't think that "repack" is necessary here.
> However, 'gbp import-orig --pristine-tar --uscan' does not do
> anything telling "package is up to date, nothing to do". How should
> I proceed?
I guess uscan needs --force-download (--force also works IME); not
sure if you can pass this via gbp-import-orig or if you need a manual
(1) uscan + (2) 'gbp import-orig --pristine-tar your-new-tarball'.
> [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/ch05.en.html#dfsg
Cheers,
gregor
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