Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> writes:
> Package: dpkg-dev
> Version: 1.15.8
> Severity: wishlist
>
> As suggested by Ian on -devel (see attachment), it would be nice to have
> a way to remove files during unpack of a source package to hide non-free
> files from our users without stripping them from the original tarball.
>
> I also prefer this approach over repacking upstream files so let's
> implement this feature.
>
> To be consistent with other features like debian/source/include-binaries
> I suggest to use a file named debian/source/remove-files (and not a field
> in .dsc) but if you have a better name, feel free to suggest it.
>
> Cheers,
How does that differ (legally, from ftp-masters perspective) from
running the clean target?
>From the users side would it really be so bad if those extra files exist
initially after unpacking the source but get removed in debian/rules?
MfG
Goswin
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