On 08/03/2012 08:46 AM, Bart Martens wrote: > Hi Michael, > > About the package at mentors uploaded there on 2012-08-03 05:49 : > > You seem to have responded to my previous comment by writing this in > debian/copyright : > > | Source: http://sourceforge.net/projects/viennacl/files/ > | To obtain the DFSG-free source, use the following option with > git-import-orig: > | --filter="*/TU_Signet_CMYK.eps" --filter-pristine-tar > | . > | Note that the upstream source tar-ball is called > | ViennaCL-${VERSION}-src.tar.gz, not ViennaCL-${VERSION}.tar.gz. > > So I tried this : > > | $ git-import-orig --filter="*/TU_Signet_CMYK.eps" --filter-pristine-tar > | gbp:error: No archive to import specified. Try --help. > > So the provided information is not detailed enough for someone not familiar > with git-import-orig.
That was admittedly a bit terse. I now explain the exact command used, plus how one can retrieve the pristine tar-ball from the git-repository itself. > Also, I read in "man git-import-orig" that git-import-orig is to import > upstream source code in a local git repository. But I don't have a local git > repository for this package. > > I suggest to simply write the following in debian/copyright : > > | The repackaged source can be reproduced by following these steps : > | - download ViennaCL-1.3.0-src.tar.gz from > http://sourceforge.net/projects/viennacl/files/1.3.x/ > | - tar xzf ViennaCL-1.3.0-src.tar.gz > | - rm ViennaCL-1.3.0-src/doc/manual/figures/TU_Signet_CMYK.eps > | - mv ViennaCL-1.3.0-src viennacl-1.3.0.orig > | - tar cf viennacl_1.3.0+dfsg.orig.tar viennacl-1.3.0.orig > | - gzip -9 viennacl_1.3.0+dfsg.orig.tar I now also added instructions on obtaining an equivalent (although not byte-by-byte identical) tar-ball. The modified version is again available from mentors.debian.net. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
