Ben Finney <ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au> writes: > Debian's policy §4.9 discusses a ‘debian/rules’ target named > ‘get-orig-source’: > > `get-orig-source' (optional) > This target fetches the most recent version of the original > source package from a canonical archive site (via FTP or > WWW, for example), does any necessary rearrangement to turn > it into the original source tar file format described below, > and leaves it in the current directory. > > I have had some success with the following approach: > […]
> * Invoke the appropriate VCS tool to export the specified revision > from the VCS repository URL to a temporary directory. > […] It's been brought to my attention that this approach actually conflicts with the above section of policy. Am I right in thinking that the ‘get-orig-source’ target should ignore the version strings in ‘debian/changelog’, and should instead get whatever version is the latest available from upstream? -- \ “A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends | `\ to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.” —Carl | _o__) Sagan | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
