Re: ITP: backuponcd

[Andreas Rottmann <a.rottmann@gmx.at>]

Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca> writes:

> Andreas Rottmann wrote:
> 
> > I will have to get the upstream author to release it in a more
> > apropriate format before I can produce resonable packages, right now
> > it's a tarball that looks like this:
> > 
> > -rwxr-xr-- root/root      4847 2000-04-17 19:28:23 usr/local/sbin/backuponcd
> > -rwxr-xr-- root/root      1527 2000-03-27 20:24:30 usr/local/sbin/backuponcd_fifo-in.sh
> > -rwxr-xr-- root/root      1716 2000-04-17 18:58:48 usr/local/sbin/backuponcd_toa
> > .....
> 
> It's ugly, but I'd be surprised if it prevent you from packaging
> it since it unpacks into a single directory.  Just `install' the
> scripts from there (or repack thme in a non-pristine tar file).
>
In fact it doesn't unpack into one directory (it also uses etc). I
will have to have to get the upstream author change that, or else I
cant make .diff's.

Andy
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