On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:46:51PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.28.2343 +0100]: > > dh_make doesn't build .orig.tar.gz files. It makes a copy of the > > source tree names <blah>.orig, and it only does that if you don't > > tell it that you already have a source tarball using the --file/-f > > option. > > okay. and i still believe that it even makes sense to have .orig > stored in the .orig.tar.gz file.
No. Pristine source helps users trying to see if you're distributing the same thing upstream is. > it lets you unpack the file as is without having to worry about > overwriting the debianized version. Use a temporary directory. You should get into the habit of doing this when unpacking random tarballs anyway. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
