Wookey <woo...@wookware.org> writes: > Is it actually doing any harm? Does it get included in the package? > Does it get rebuilt? If it gets rebuilt then just remove it in the > clean rule. If it doesn't get included then you could just ignore > it.
That's not sufficient. If a source package contains an auto-generated file, that file needs corresponding source in Debian (typically in the same source package). A source package that contains a file that requires source not in Debian is one of the reasons given by FTP masters for rejecting a source package <URL:https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html>, as a “serious violation” of Debian policy. > It's not doing any harm, unless it's known to be non-free. Regardless of the license granted for the file, if the file is non-source (i.e. if it is not the preferred form of that work for making modifications), it should not be in the Debian source package. As Wookey points out, the best way to ensure that is to remove it from the source package when re-packing the source for Debian. -- \ “DRM doesn't inconvenience [lawbreakers] — indeed, over time it | `\ trains law-abiding users to become [lawbreakers] out of sheer | _o__) frustration.” —Charles Stross, 2010-05-09 | Ben Finney
