>>>>> On Wed, 12 May 1999 13:16:11 +0200, Roland Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> said:
Roland> I had a look into the xfig documentation and found out, that Roland> xfig has some code for writing GIF files in it, which is only Roland> used for capturing and can be replaced by PCX without any Roland> problems (only one change in the Imakefile). This results in Roland> using PCX and in not compiling f_wrgif.c (the file including Roland> all the GIF writing code). Roland> So it's no problem to create a really _free_ xfig binary Roland> package, but what about the sources? f_wrgif.c is part of the Roland> official upstream source package, should it stay there or Roland> should I create a new xfig_3.2.2.orig.tar.gz with this file Roland> removed? Roland> If I should remove this file from the upstream sources, how Roland> can this technically be done without changing the upstream Roland> version number? Uploading a new Debian version does only Roland> upload a diff and removing f_wrgif.c by using the diff (which Roland> means that the complete file becomes part of the diff every Roland> line prefixed with "-") sounds not very useful for me... Roland> So what should I do? Simply ignore that this source file is Roland> non-free, while it is not used for creating the binary? I'd definitely take it up with the upstream author and see if something could be done in the next version. Until then you can remove the file from the .orig.tar.gz and do a dpkg-buildpackage with the argument -sa so that the new source packages is included in your next upload. Dres -- @James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Blessed Be! @ http://www.ioa.com/~dres | Linux is kewl! @"Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours." Bach
