On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:42:46 -0700, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At a guess: He doesn't mean ship the pristine upstream, he means to ship >a shell script that derives the Debian .orig.tar.gz from a pristine copy >of upstream obtained separately so that the process is reproducible. This >lets others confirm the heritage of what's in Debian by checking over the >transformation, grabbing the upstream distribution, applying the >transformation themselves, and making sure they get back the same thing.
Right. Sorry for not making myself clear. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
