Re: updates to upstream packages

1998-06-18 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 10:58:07AM +0100, James Troup wrote: > Eh? The use of .orig.tar.gz pre-dates the use of pristine source > significantly. Often there is no way to make certain alterations to > the upstream source other than to alter the .orig.tar.gz (i.e. if you > want to mass-remove or a

Re: updates to upstream packages

1998-06-18 Thread James Troup
"Marcelo E. Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 06:51:11PM +0100, James Troup wrote: > > tmancill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Put another way: "Am I going to mess up any of the automated > > > scripts processing the archive if I make changes to the > > > .ori

Re: updates to upstream packages

1998-06-18 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 06:51:11PM +0100, James Troup wrote: > tmancill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Put another way: "Am I going to mess up any of the automated scripts > > processing the archive if I make changes to the .orig.tar.gz without > > giving it a new name?" > > No. James is ri

Re: updates to upstream packages

1998-06-16 Thread James Troup
tmancill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Put another way: "Am I going to mess up any of the automated scripts > processing the archive if I make changes to the .orig.tar.gz without > giving it a new name?" No. -- James ~Yawn And Walk North~ http://yawn.nocrew.or

Re: updates to upstream packages

1998-06-16 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 09:00:25AM -0400, tmancill wrote: > This explains why dpkg did not complain when I added manpages. The file > I'm trying to include is a binary file (of sorts - it's an extra version > of the Sangoma firmware). you can uuencode it, and make debian/rules uudecode it on bui

Re: updates to upstream packages

1998-06-16 Thread tmancill
On 16 Jun 1998, James Troup wrote: > dpkg-source handles (non-binary) inclusions fine; see 3.3 of the > packaging manual. This explains why dpkg did not complain when I added manpages. The file I'm trying to include is a binary file (of sorts - it's an extra version of the Sangoma firmware). >

Re: updates to upstream packages

1998-06-16 Thread James Troup
tony mancill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > dpkg-buildsource does like it when I just add the files to my source ^^ "not", shurely? > tree, I guess since there is nothing to diff them against. dpkg-source handles (non-binary) inclusions fine; see 3.3 of the packaging manual.

Re: updates to upstream packages

1998-06-16 Thread joost
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, tony mancill wrote: > Should I upload a new .orig.tar.gz file? And if I do so, shouldn't I > update the upstream version number? (Which is bordering on raw fiction, > since no such upstream version exists.) On the missing version number: IIRC it was at one time suggested

Re: updates to upstream packages

1998-06-16 Thread Jens Ritter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (tony mancill) writes: > I have been working with the authors of wanpipe and have some assorted > goodies that I'd like to include into my Debian package. dpkg-buildsource > does like it when I just add the files to my source tree, I guess since > there is nothing to diff them a

updates to upstream packages

1998-06-16 Thread tony mancill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I have been working with the authors of wanpipe and have some assorted goodies that I'd like to include into my Debian package. dpkg-buildsource does like it when I just add the files to my source tree, I guess since there is nothing to diff them against. Shou