> After hanging out at the motu channel for a bit, I was recommended to write > a watch file. Now, what exactly does it do, and how can I use it? Fetch the > up-to-date dependencies? I guess that would mean a line per dependency. > > https://wiki.debian.org/debian/watch/
A watch file specifies where to look for new upstream releases of a source, uscan [1] is a tool that parses the watch file and downloads the latest tarball if there is a newer release. A watch file does NOT fetch the dependencies of a source itself (assuming that is what you meant in your original mail). Watch files are also used by UEHS [2] to show packages that can be updated in Ubuntu. The equivalent site for Debian would be DEHS [3] Note that you also should read up on uupdate [4] and this [5] Regards Rohan Garg [1] http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/raring/man1/uscan.1.html [2] http://qa.ubuntuwire.org/uehs/no_updated.html [3] http://dehs.alioth.debian.org/ [4] http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/raring/man1/uupdate.1.html [5] http://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/debian-dir-overview.html#the-watch-file
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