On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Robert Collins wrote: > On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 18:05 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 02:00:17AM +0200, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > > > > > It is okay to have the debian directory in your tarball but, if you go > > > down > > > this road, it will be desirable that the Debian maintainer/sponsor for > > > your > > > package has commit access to the SVN repository. > > > > Even if this is the case, it is still annoying for NMUers to have to deal > > with not being able to delete files from the debian/ directory as part of an > > NMU (which can plausibly be required in order to fix a bug), > > Why can't a full-lines-removed diff be generated? patch will treat that > as removal...
Only with the -E option. Otherwise an empty file is left-over. Current source format (i.e. with .diff.gz) doesn't use -E, the newer 3.0 (quilt) format does however use -E. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
