Re: [Hampshire] Debian packaging: is there a complete set of…

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Author: Hugo Mills
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To: adrian, Hampshire LUG Discussion List
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Debian packaging: is there a complete set of instructions anywhere?

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On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 11:31:45PM +0000, Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> Most debian source packages consist of:
> ...orig.tar.gz (pristine (i.e. unchanged _at all_) upstream tarball
> ...diff.gz (changes)
>
> If a package is _only_ in debian, then you just have a "...tar.gz" (no
> .orig.tar.gz, no .diff.gz).


ISTR the recommendation is even more restrictive than that -- a
package should be "Debian native" (i.e. no orig.tar.gz, no .diff.gz)
only if it's an essential part of the Debian infrastructure and is not
actually useful outside Debian.

Hugo.

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