On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:00:11PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > .orig.tar.gz should never change between debian revisions. Pre-pool > dinstall used to allow it, which sucked. dinstall no longer allows it. > Since a debian revision is just a debian revision, the upstream > code (ie the contents of .orig.tar.gz) should not change.
> Admittedly your reasons for asking about this are different Jason. > I don't know what the solution is to satisfy cvs-buildpackage. The solution is to download the pristine tarball from a mirror and put it where cvs-buildpackage exports the package before building it. I've just built a new version of byacc that way, and the .changes and .dsc file look correct, but I suppose the real test is whether dinstall will be happy. I think it will be. jason -- ``Banks *are* bastards.'' -- John Laws