Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 09:59:13PM -0500, jereme wrote: > > You can check the file: > > > > /usr/share/doc/package/copyright > > > > Debian policy say that this file has to exist for all official debs. > > > > also: > > > > "In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream sources > > (if any) were obtained. It should name the original authors of the > > package and the Debian maintainer(s) who were involved with its > > creation." > > > > So my thought is, if the file doesn't exists, you know you didn't get > > the package from Debian, (it would register as a bug). And if it > > *does* exist, it will provide you enough info to determine if it came > > from the Debian achive or from an external source. > > That's unlikely to help, really. External packages tend to have > debian/copyright anyway, and if they were based on a real Debian package > it's pretty rare that anyone would bother to change the copyright file > to indicate that it's not part of the Debian archive any more.
Oh well, it seamed reasonable :) Thanks for the correction, it is always appreciated. I guess I never considered that external packagers would rework debian package, I just assumed they would create them from scratch but it makes sense now that you point it out. I guess they wouldn't likely clean up the old copyright file, too bad really. So is the OP out of luck? I guess you could just hand check version and maybe md5sums, etc. -jereme -- +--------------------------------------------------------------+ Jereme Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Administrator Restorative Management Corp. gpg: 1024D/9C39E1F0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
