On Sat, 2017-03-04 at 13:56 -0600, Jason Crain wrote: > On Sat, Mar 04, 2017 at 07:28:37PM +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > > On Sat, 2017-03-04 at 09:46 -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. > > ¹ https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html
Hi Jason, I have now obtained the source file for hello.pdf from upstream. I'll include that file in an updated upstream tarball. Alternately upstream will provide a bugfix release soon. FYI: A new upstream is also in the works :)