Re: Packages

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Subject: Re: Packages
From: Scott McDermott <vaxerdec@frontiernet.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:05:24 -0500
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In-reply-to: <3458431530031998/A02523/GCSSTF/11C3F3EB3900*@MHS>; from Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 on Mon, Mar 30, 1998 at 03:43:58PM +0000
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Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 <graham.lillico@gecm.com> on Mon, Mar 30, 1998 at 03:43:58PM +0000:
> I was wondering if anyone could tell me what the differences are in these three
> formats.

They are not different formats.  They comprise the same package.

> 		.dsc

Obviously, a description!

> 		.orig.tar.gz

Upstream source.

> 		.diff.gz

Patch to upstream, making it debian (many times bugfixes, and of course
the debian subdir.

-- 
Scott


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