Re: pristine sources?

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>]

Hi,
>>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:

Dale> I'm not sure you understood my question.

Dale> Currently, when I build a package, I first unpack the upstream
Dale> source into <package>-<version>. Then I rename the directory to
Dale> <package>-<version>.orig. Next, I unpack the tarball again (into
Dale> <package>-<version>), add the debian directories with its
Dale> various <package> files and do a dpkg-buildpackage, which
Dale> tarballs the .orig tree into <package>-<version>.orig.tar.gz and
Dale> blows the .orig tree away.

	Now, you would just move the upstream source into the file
 <package>_<version>.orig.tar.gz, unpack the original sources into 
 <package>-<version>, add debian files, and go. The step of unpacking,
 renaming to *.orig, and re-tarring the sources to .orig.tar.gz can
 now be dispensed with.

	manoj

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Manoj Srivastava               <url:mailto:srivasta@acm.org>
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