Package: developers-reference Version: 3.4.17 I believe the top-level directory name in a repackaged source tarball should be name-ver+dfsg and not name-ver.orig
Best regards, Tormod
From 61ef785ed96a227d43b1b0696fdfbccb3d5db5ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tormod Volden <debian.tor...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 10:47:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Correct top-level directory name in repackaged tarballs Signed-off-by: Tormod Volden <debian.tor...@gmail.com> --- I believe the top-level directory name in a repackaged source tarball should be name-ver+dfsg and not name-ver.orig Best regards, Tormod best-pkging-practices.dbk | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/best-pkging-practices.dbk b/best-pkging-practices.dbk index 1651ddb..bbcf9f9 100644 --- a/best-pkging-practices.dbk +++ b/best-pkging-practices.dbk @@ -1746,7 +1746,7 @@ mirror rather than trying to locate a canonical upstream distribution point). <listitem> <para> <emphasis role="strong">should</emphasis> use -<filename><replaceable>packagename</replaceable>-<replaceable>upstream-version</replaceable>.orig</filename> as the +<filename><replaceable>packagename</replaceable>-<replaceable>upstream-version</replaceable>+dfsg</filename> as the name of the top-level directory in its tarball. This makes it possible to distinguish pristine tarballs from repackaged ones. </para> -- 1.9.1
