Re: [jfs@dat.etsit.upm.es: radiusd-freeradius: This package is not Debian native]

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 11:21:19AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 04:58:53AM -0500, Sam Hartman wrote:
> > Note that even if he adds a .diff.gz, there is nothing that requires
> > the .orig.tar.gz to be bit-for-bit identical to something upstream
> > gives out.  There are some cases that require you to remove something
> > from upstream sources.  Some times the upstream distributes multiple
> > tarfiles and you need to either combine them or use dbs.
> 
> ...or there is non-free code in the upstream tarball, or the tarball
> unpacks to a poorly-named subdirectory, or doesn't unpack to a
> subdirectory at all, etc.
> 
> So-called "pristine source" is a noble goal, but shouldn't be mandatory.

Agreed, however it's preferred if possible, I believe.

Nevertheless, in the case in point, it appears that the maintainer
should be using a .orig.tar.gz and a .diff.gz, the above issues
notwithstanding.

   Julian

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