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Re: source packages and upstream source

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On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:

> > 3) name-ver.debian         *This* is the working debianized tree
> 
> Generally when creating a package, I unpack the upstream source to
> foo-1.1, move the directory to foo-1.1.orig, and then unpack it again
> to foo-1.1. Then I go to work on the foo-1.1 directory.

This counts: Two unpacks and one move.
 
> It's not at all clear why I'd want to unpack the original source to
> foo-1.1, and then rename that to foo-1.1.debian, and then unpack to
> foo-1.1 again. The procedure in the first paragraph seems more
> straightforward.

This counts two unpacks and one move too.

I don't see one procedure more straightforward than the other.

BTW: I think Red-Hat use untouched sources, and I like the idea.  Would be
possible to write a tool (maybe embedded into one of the dpkg- tools) that
converts one of our diff files:

- --- procmail-3.10.orig/FAQ      Thu Aug 18 15:44:15 1994
+++ procmail-3.10/FAQ   Wed Dec 25 22:11:08 1996

into something like this? :

- --- procmail-3.10/FAQ.orig      Thu Aug 18 15:44:15 1994
+++ procmail-3.10/FAQ   Wed Dec 25 22:11:08 1996

I think this would be the ideal solution.

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Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>