Neil Williams <codeh...@debian.org> writes: > notfound 599206 2.5.8ubuntu2 > found 599206 2.5.8 > severity 599206 wishlist > retitle 599206 "dpkg-cross: document file removal process > quit > > On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:10:32 +0200 > Marcin Juszkiewicz <marcin.juszkiew...@linaro.org> wrote: > >> Package: dpkg-cross >> Version: 2.5.8ubuntu2 > > Wrong version - please report this in Launchpad only or reproduce in > Debian before filing the bug. > > However, the "bug" as described is a result of how the code is > designed to work in both Debian and Ubuntu. > >> dpkg-cross by default removes lot of files from converted packages. > > This is to prevent file conflicts with the original package. > > i.e. if you need files from a package which are removed from the cross > package by dpkg-cross, you need to ensure that the native version of > that package is installed. > > dpkg-cross only cares about specific files types in the -cross package > - typically files which are architecture-dependent and which are > easily identifiable as such.
I should care about the copyright and changelogs though. A dpkg-cross converted package is undistributable because of that. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org