Bug#856652: RFS: xpdf/3.0.4.real-4
On Sun, 2017-03-05 at 02:50 +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 04, 2017 at 01:56:26PM -0600, Jason Crain wrote:
> > > > The upstream xpdf source contains a file misc/hello.pdf for
> > > > testing purposes, according to the INSTALL file. It would
> > > > likely need to be repacked to remove that file.
> > >
> > > What's the problem with that file? It is not part of any
> > > xpdf*.deb.
> >
> > Listed under "Source package missing source" on the FTP master's
> > reject FAQ¹:
> >
> > "Source packages are part of the distribution. As such source must
> > be present for all files in the source package itself, this
> > includes convenience copies of other projects."
> >
> > I think this applies whether or not the file is used in the binary
> > package. The source for that PDF is not included, making it not
> > DFSG free.
>
> Yes, that's correct.
OK, including the real upstream tarball solves that issue, right?
(Sorry, I don't really see the problem with me wanting to adopt the
(real) xpdf package?) The problem is that Debian created a stripped-
down version of the upstream tarball, right? If not I'm completely
lost.
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