Laszlo Boszormenyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> When they do, it is a violation of Debian standards to remove it from >> the orig.tar.gz file. So there is no question of doing that.
> Where do you read that? May be true, but can't remember any place ATM. What do you think "orig" means in "orig.tar.gz"? We make a necessary exception when an upstream tarball contains files that are not DFSG-free (and then we relabel the name of the tarball accordingly); otherwise, the whole *point* of the orig.tar.gz file is to be the original upstream source. >> If you remove the CVS files from your unpacked build directory, that's >> well and good, but dpkg-source refuses to honor this, printing helpful >> messages like >> dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of directory stylesheet/CVS > That's correct. You should remove it from .orig.tar.gz . Hogwash. It should not be removed at all. Next will you be saying that other bugs in upstream packaging should be marked by lintian? It is not a mistake to have a CVS directory; lintian is declaring a standard for *upstream* authors packaging practices, not Debian. Having a "no CVS" warning makes as much sense as requiring packages to have a README and an INSTALL in the top-level source directory. It does make sense to warn against Debian developers who have *added* a CVS directory not present in the upstream source, but that's a different matter. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
