Re: Debian vs. BOGUS
> We heard the arguments of different packing (e.g. tar, shar etc) and
> compression methods (gzip, compress etc.), different ways to include
> directories etc. But I think it would be very useful to include the
> original - of course untouched - package/source to the distribution of
> each package.
>
> I would like to have it for one reason. If I know the stuff is patched,
> and some packages are patched, I would like to have the possibility to
> easily decide what changes I want to apply. Doing so I need the
> original source and the patchfile. The patchfile will be edited and
> the modified patch will be applied. (BTW: if I can modify a patchfile
> I will also be able to look how the sources fit into directories etc.)
>
> This is much easier when the source is right in front of me and not on
> some obscure ftp server around the world. Therefore I really would
> like to have the original sources, too. Please think of it - at least
> if the FSF is going to release Debian on CD. (!)
I didn't quite understand what you said then, but if you have the
debian source and diffs of a package and the debian.rules file is
done correctly you should be able to do './debian.rule orig' and
it will bring the source back to it's original state.
Andrew
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Andrew Howell andrew@it.com.au
Perth, Western Australia howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au
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