>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Adam> The script looks for all files matching the pattern
Adam> *.diffs.tar.gz(yes, it allows multiple patch archives. This
Adam> could be used to share between sources), then everything
Adam> else that matches *.tar.gz is placed into a tarballs
Adam> variable. The first listed tarball is assumed to be
Adam> orig.tar.gz, and special care is taken to ensure that it
Adam> unpacks into a properly named directory.
Adam> All other tarballs and patches are extracted/applied by
Adam> cd'ing into the target directory first.
Adam> Each .diffs.tar.gz contains a file named 'dsc' which holds
Adam> the Patches field from the first version.
Adam> Comments? Suggestions?
I am not sure I like (or understand for that matter) the input tar.gz
files:
93c152103ca081bd993bb216952a61be 293809 xawtv_3.07.orig.tar.gz
49d09b3edefb8279dc0ae1df3a42d15b 15908 xawtv_3.07-2.debian.tar.gz
fbb0a2fdc26934037ad11553f8f19814 2624 xawtv_3.07-2.diffs.tar.gz
The first one is obvious, it contains the original source code, same
with the last, it contains the diffs. I will assume that
xawtv_3.07-2.debian.tar.gz can contain binary files, that can't be
patched (true/false?).
I wonder, if, rather then treating files ending in *.diffs.tar.gz as a
special case, perhaps it might be better for these files to untar in a
special location, eg xawtv-3.07/debian/diffs. That way, all Debian
specific stuff could all go into xawtv_3.07-2.debian.tar.gz, too.
I think this approach would allow greatest flexibility, should we ever
decide we need to change in the future. Also, I suspect it might make
maintaining these packages easier, if diff files can live in a
standard spot within the source structure.
However, I may have lost the plot somewhere here ;-)
--
Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
