On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Mike Hommey wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 01:40:34PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > > There are currently 2 problems with the way the .orig.tar.gz file is
> > > extracted during dpkg-source -b:
> > > - When a package-ver.orig directory pre-exists, it gets removed.
> >
> > With format 1.0, there are many -s* options precisely to control this
> > (you may want to try -ss or -sk). Those options do not exist anymore with
> > newer formats however. Newer formats also don't wipe out the .orig dir,
> > they create temporary directories near the source tree.
>
> The problem is that the .orig directory may not be corresponding to the
> tarball, and i see no option in dpkg-source that prevents bad things
> from happening.
It's also partly due to this that those options are gone in newer formats.
I think -sk is fine though, it overwrites the .orig but leaves it in
place.
For -ss the warning is in the manual page:
This option must be used with care - if the directory and
tarfile do not match a bad source archive will be generated.
Cheers,
--
Raphaël Hertzog
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