Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Magnus Holmgren wrote:
>> Tarballs using the wrong top-level directory name is nothing that can't be
>> worked around.
>
> dpkg-source does not care what directory (if any) a .orig.tar.gz extracts
> into. There's nothing "wrong" about an upstream tarball ext
On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 08:17:21PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> * Jay Berkenbilt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080705 18:22]:
> > * I like to have an exact copy of the downloaded source tarball with
> >the same md5 checksum, gpg detached signature, etc. Using the
> >rules/tarball.mk from cdbs
Thanks for all the input on tarball within tarball. I will stop using
that format for all my packages with the possible exception of ICU
which contains its own debian directory.
I was aware of the fact that dpkg-source handles the tarball nnot
extracting to package-version and have, in fact, adv
(some of the answers/facts have already been given, but I reply anyway to
also give my personal opinion)
On Sat, 05 Jul 2008, Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> * I like to have an exact copy of the downloaded source tarball with
>the same md5 checksum, gpg detached signature, etc. Using the
That shou
Jay Berkenbilt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * I like to have an exact copy of the downloaded source tarball with
>the same md5 checksum, gpg detached signature, etc. Using the
>rules/tarball.mk from cdbs provides a very convenient way of
>handling this.
Have you considered the debi
Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> So, is using tarball in tarball considered "bad" these days? Is it
> viewed as an approach that once had its time but is now discouraged,
> or is it just a matter of personal preference and creating a
> README.source that tells the user what to do file makes it all okay?
I
Magnus Holmgren wrote:
> Tarballs using the wrong top-level directory name is nothing that can't be
> worked around.
dpkg-source does not care what directory (if any) a .orig.tar.gz extracts
into. There's nothing "wrong" about an upstream tarball extracting into
"" instead of "-".
--
see shy jo
On lördagen den 5 juli 2008, Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> * I like to have an exact copy of the downloaded source tarball with
>the same md5 checksum, gpg detached signature, etc. Using the
>rules/tarball.mk from cdbs provides a very convenient way of
>handling this.
The .orig.tar.gz is s
* Jay Berkenbilt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080705 18:22]:
> * I like to have an exact copy of the downloaded source tarball with
>the same md5 checksum, gpg detached signature, etc. Using the
>rules/tarball.mk from cdbs provides a very convenient way of
>handling this.
I consider this the
On Sat, 2008-07-05 at 12:21 -0400, Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> So, is using tarball in tarball considered "bad" these days?
I see no reason to consider this "bad".
> Is it
> viewed as an approach that once had its time but is now discouraged,
> or
I don't use it, but don't let that discourage you
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