Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.14.20
Severity: minor
File: /usr/bin/dpkg-source
I've noted the following things when studying the man page of
dpkg-source
* In the section "Building" of the description of 3.0 (quilt) it
is stated:
"The updated debian directory and the list of modified
binaries is then used to regenerate the debian tarball."
Why is it "regenerate" instead of "generate" here? I believe, it
is not uncommon, that no debian tarball exists before.
* In the same section there is a note:
"Note: dpkg-source expects the source tree to have all patches
applied when you generate the source package. This is not the
case when the source tree has been obtained by unpacking a
source package using the Format: 1.0 for instance."
However, from my understanding unpacking format 1.0 packages
does lead to a tree with the main ".diff" applied, and
thus a fully patched source unless a patch system is used.
Please review the thread on debian-mentors about those points [1].
Btw. the manpage of dpkg-source is very well written, and gives a lot
of valuable information! Those are only minor points of confusion.
Best regards
Ben
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2008/07/msg00279.html
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