Debian Bug report logs - #7714
CLOSABLE [was: dpkg-source should possibly not use unified diff format]

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Message #5 received at maintonly@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Klee Dienes <klee@mit.edu>

To: maintonly@bugs.debian.org

Subject: dpkg-source should possibly not use unified diff format

Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 10:57:09 -0500

Package: dpkg-dev

If we truly want to make maximum compatibility with other systems'
version of diff a priority, we should probably be using '-C 2' instead
of '-u' in dpkg-source -b.

Personally I believe that it's perfectly fine to require the use of
GNU diff (cf. the directory creation argument), and that it's not
worth the effort to switch to a different (and inferior) diff format.

I'm just submitting the bug report to remind myself to bring up the
issue later for discussion.

Message #10 received at 7714@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Adam Di Carlo <apharris@burrito.onshore.com>

To: control@bugs.debian.org

Cc: 4641@bugs.debian.org, 5807@bugs.debian.org, 4525@bugs.debian.org, 4628@bugs.debian.org, 7714@bugs.debian.org, 10404@bugs.debian.org, 13961@bugs.debian.org

Subject: dpkg-dev bugs that are not bugs -- please close!

Date: 07 Nov 1998 14:03:01 -0500

retitle 4641 NOT A BUG [was: dpkg-source cannot create existing .tmp-nest dir]
retitle 5807 NOT A BUG [was: dpkg-source .tmp-nest bug]
thanks
retitle 4525 NOT A BUG [was: dpkg-buildpackage assumes file protections and shoots self in foot]
retitle 4628 dpkg-source feature request: deal with binary files
severity 4628 wishlist
retitle 7714 CLOSABLE [was: dpkg-source should possibly not use unified diff format]
retitle 10405 NOT A BUG [was: inconsistent docs]
severity 13961 wishlist
thanks

Bugs 4641 and 5807 request that dpkg removes pre-existing .tmp-nest
files, rather than erroring out.  I disagree, and I think the dpkg
developers would agree.  Removing a directory w/o asking would be a
big bug, and a possible security problem.

Bug 4525 is not a bug, so have said Ian and Guy (read the bug log).

Bug 7714 is not a bug, nor would anyone really recommend going from
unified diff format to '-C 2'.

Bug 10405 is not a bug, not a good idea, and a policy issue rather
than a dpkg-dev issue.  It asks for pkgs to be able to have ':' in the
names of them, a thoroughly bad idea.

Bug 13961 is a request for source-dependancies; definately an
important wishlist, but a wishlist, not a bug.

.....A. P. Harris...apharris@onShore.com...<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>

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