On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:22:26 -0700, tony mancill wrote: > > My line of thought was: d/copyright requires to include the origin of > > the upstream source, which means that for repacked tarballs a note > > about what/why/how was changed should be included. [0]- But in this > > case -- as you say -- it's only a one-time fix, and in order to bring > > back the pristine tarball. > Agreed, it will definitely require explanation. I'll take care of that.
Thanks! > However, I'm not able get the package to build even the first time (at > least not using git-builder). Weird; what errors do you get? > So I went back and pulled the original > upstream tarball and it appears that the .orig.tag.gz currently in the > archive is the result of packing it up after an build (the diff is > attached). Sounds plausible. > I think probably the course of action most defensible is to > start with the clean upstream tarball (obviously renamed) and iron out > the FTBFS from there. Ack, sounds like a good idea. (I just wasn't sure where the upstream tarball came from since there is, IIRC, no debian/watch file :)) Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key 0xBB3A68018649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, and developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Rod Stewart: Lost In You
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