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.