Re: CRLF in upstream source code
On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 08:51:27PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 12:25:53PM -0300, Lourisvaldo Figueredo Junior wrote:
> > I have a doubt. In cases where the upstream uses the MS-DOS pattern CRLF
> > ("\r\n") to end of line, instead Unix pattern LF ("\n").
> > In this situation, should the maintainer make a patch converting this files to
> > the Unix pattern LF?
> No.
>
> > Or to Debian is 'acceptable' to build a package from source keeping the MS-DOS
> > pattern CRLF?
> Why should it matter to anything, including Debian, unless there are
> technical problems caused by that?
So such as not compiling. Or another reason not yet shared with us.
> > The question is about the upstream source code, not to the debian directory.
As Andrey says: No need to change CRLF end of line into a LF e.o.l.
Still feel free to express what you deem a valid reason to change the EOL
> > Thank so much.
Thank you for reaching out to d-mentors@l.d.o.
Groeten
Geert Stappers
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