Hi,
>>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Marcus> Hello!
Marcus> I sometimes read something like "as we can now easily provide
Marcus> pristine source packages...".
Marcus> I wonder how I can provide the original tar ball if it
Marcus> a) has not the right name (ok, could rename it)
Correct.
Marcus> b) does not extract in the right directory (for example,
Marcus> foo-version instead foo-version.orig).
Do not worry about the name of the directory it installs
in. We can handle it as long as it unpacks into a single directory.
manoj
for the curious: the relevant excerpts from dpkg-source:
opendir(D,"$dirchdir") || &syserr("Unable to open dir $dirchdir");
@dirchdirfiles = grep($_ ne "." && $_ ne "..",readdir(D));
closedir(D) || &syserr("Unable to close dir $dirchdir");
(@dirchdirfiles==1 && -d "$dirchdir/$dirchdirfiles[0]") ||
&error("$tarfileread extracted into >1 directory");
rename("$dirchdir/$dirchdirfiles[0]", "$dirchdir/$newtopdir") ||
&syserr("Unable to rename $dirchdir/$dirchdirfiles[0] to ".
"$dirchdir/$newtopdir");
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