Re: Ownership issue when repacking source in get-orig-source target

2012-01-15 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 10:41:29AM +0200, Stefano Rivera wrote: > I started hacking on something like this in December, but quickly got > bored. Here's what I did: > http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/stefanor/repack-source.git > Interested? While it sounds interesting I think after having

Re: Ownership issue when repacking source in get-orig-source target

2012-01-14 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 01:58:50PM -0800, Russ Allbery a écrit : > > However you generate the .orig.tar.gz file, you can then manage it with > pristine-tar, at least if you're using a VCS that pristine-tar supports. > The process when you repack upstream is really the same as when you just > downl

Re: Ownership issue when repacking source in get-orig-source target

2012-01-14 Thread Peter Miller
On Sat, 2012-01-14 at 10:41 +0200, Stefano Rivera wrote: > I was also trying to solve the timestamp problem, so that +dfsg / +ds > repacks could be done reproduceably. Have you looked at Tardy? http://tardy.sf.net/ It has numerous filters. -- Peter Miller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-d

Re: Ownership issue when repacking source in get-orig-source target

2012-01-14 Thread Stefano Rivera
Hi Andreas (2012.01.13_23:07:52_+0200) > I wonder whether we should rather implement a fool proof solution which > can be simply used in get-orig-source targets (and as well in uscan). I started hacking on something like this in December, but quickly got bored. Here's what I did: http://anonscm.de

Re: Ownership issue when repacking source in get-orig-source target

2012-01-13 Thread Russ Allbery
Andreas Tille writes: > I admit that the issue might not be very important but I personally like > reproducible results (in the sense of same MD5sums). At least it can > not harm even if I admit that upstream does not care - in some points we > are better than upstream. So why not doing it if i

Re: Ownership issue when repacking source in get-orig-source target

2012-01-13 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 09:18:53PM +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Fri, 2012-01-13 at 22:07 +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > > I was concerned about an issue Charles Plessy reported in a recent > > thread on Debian Med when he realised that the directories in the > > unpacked tarball are featuring

Re: Ownership issue when repacking source in get-orig-source target

2012-01-13 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 01:12:32PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Do we care? Most upstream distribution tarballs are likewise going to > feature random UIDs and GIDs in the tarball because that's what you get > from tar if you don't take any special precautions. I admit that the issue might not

Re: Ownership issue when repacking source in get-orig-source target

2012-01-13 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Fri, 2012-01-13 at 22:07 +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > I was concerned about an issue Charles Plessy reported in a recent > thread on Debian Med when he realised that the directories in the > unpacked tarball are featuring his UID/GID. I simply looked into the > uscan source how it is be done t

Re: Ownership issue when repacking source in get-orig-source target

2012-01-13 Thread Russ Allbery
Andreas Tille writes: > I was concerned about an issue Charles Plessy reported in a recent > thread on Debian Med when he realised that the directories in the > unpacked tarball are featuring his UID/GID. Do we care? Most upstream distribution tarballs are likewise going to feature random UIDs