Bug#823584: [PATCH] Correct top-level directory name in repackaged tarballs
Package: developers-reference
Version: 3.4.17
I believe the top-level directory name in a repackaged source tarball
should be name-ver+dfsg and not name-ver.orig
Best regards,
Tormod
From 61ef785ed96a227d43b1b0696fdfbccb3d5db5ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 10:47:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Correct top-level directory name in repackaged tarballs
Signed-off-by: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
---
I believe the top-level directory name in a repackaged source tarball
should be name-ver+dfsg and not name-ver.orig
Best regards,
Tormod
best-pkging-practices.dbk | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/best-pkging-practices.dbk b/best-pkging-practices.dbk
index 1651ddb..bbcf9f9 100644
--- a/best-pkging-practices.dbk
+++ b/best-pkging-practices.dbk
@@ -1746,7 +1746,7 @@ mirror rather than trying to locate a canonical upstream distribution point).
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis role="strong">should</emphasis> use
-<filename><replaceable>packagename</replaceable>-<replaceable>upstream-version</replaceable>.orig</filename> as the
+<filename><replaceable>packagename</replaceable>-<replaceable>upstream-version</replaceable>+dfsg</filename> as the
name of the top-level directory in its tarball. This makes it possible to
distinguish pristine tarballs from repackaged ones.
</para>
--
1.9.1
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