"Shaun Jackman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The orig file would contain all the files not in the debian/ > directory, and the diff file would contain all the files in the > debian/ directory.
More accurately, the 'foo-1.2.3.orig.tar.gz' file would contain the "upstream from the perspective of Debian" source; that is, the working tree of all files that someone would want if they were taking the software and uninterested in making a Debian package. The 'foo_1.2.3-1.diff.gz' would contain whatever changes are necessary to turn that working tree into something buildable to a Debian binary package. The 'foo_1.2.3-1.dsc' would contain necessary metadata about the combination of 'foo-1.2.3.tar.gz' and 'foo_1.2.3-1.diff.gz'. To answer the OP's "for some reason" implied question: the combination of these three files is a "Debian source package". -- \ “To punish me for my contempt of authority, Fate has made me | `\ an authority myself.” —Albert Einstein, 1930-09-18 | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
