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Re: Adding debian/rules unpack as a required operation



>>"David" == David Starner <starner@okstate.edu> writes:

 David> A suggestion for policy:
 David> If a package source does not come fully unpacked - i.e. it uses a
 David> DBS-like system - debian/rules must include an unpack target, that
 David> unpacks the source code and applies all patches to it.

	Umm. I suggest you talk to the people who are using DBS (and
 perhaps also talk to Adam Heath, the author, to include suggestions
 in the DBS docs) to implement such a target.

	Policy is not a stick to beat people on the head with.

	manoj
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