On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 02:21:55AM +0100, GCS wrote: > Hi, Hello, > > I have a small package, which generates configure, Makefile[.in] at > every compilation. As upstream already contained these files, when I > build my package, and these files are regenerated but different versions > of auto[conf|make], I get a big .diff.gz (as big as upstream source). > Policy says I should not tamper with upstream source except where really > necessary; but am I allowed to delete these files from upstream, > generate them from debian/rules and clean again afterwards? It would > make the .diff.gz very small, without any differences in .deb .
What is the reason for regeneration the Makefile.in, Makefile & configure? My advice is to use the versions from upstream. > > Cheers, > Laszlo/GCS > Cheers Geert Stappers
