On 13/08/10 17:58, Russ Allbery wrote: > Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> writes: > >> As suggested by Ian on -devel (see attachment), it would be nice to have >> a way to remove files during unpack of a source package to hide non-free >> files from our users without stripping them from the original tarball. > >> I also prefer this approach over repacking upstream files so let's >> implement this feature. > > I'm pretty sure ftp-master isn't going to allow source packages with > non-free content in the main archive regardless of whether that content is > hidden on unpack (I certainly wouldn't if I were them), so implementing > this is kind of pointless for Debian. >
Another use-case might be to remove "convenience copies" of system libraries. Might be useful (e.g. for security reasons) to be able to guarantee that this code isn't being accidentally used by a build (in a way that can be easily checked by a script). Cheers, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org