Re: I have PINE .debs...
On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Paul Nathan Puri wrote:
> Upon some reflection, it occurs to me, that making a debian package in
> itself does not alter the source code in pine's *.tar.gz file. The
> debian/build parameter merely packages the source so that it can be
> installed on a debian system. Distribution of *.deb files is not
> distribution of a derivative work, but the work itself in a wrapper
> (i.e., in a cristmas wrapping, not the technical term 'wrap, wrapper,
> etc.'.
That would be the case if all debian did was compile the package and
create a .deb of it but there is more to it. There are actual changes to
the source in such areas as file locking and such. Have a look at that
.diff.
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