On 07/12/13 23:18 +0100, Bernhard R. Link said ... > * Thibaut Paumard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071213 14:46]: > > >Now, the best thing to do would be to copy the upstream tar-ball as-is > > >to orig.tar.gz and have a patch that removes these files (this will > > >result in a big diff). > > > I tend to move those files to a safe place in the configure rule and > > put them back in place in the clean rule. It's often awkward, but > > that ensures that what is in the diff is meaningful. > > If those file can be easily deleted (i.e. the configure will not fail > with them not around), then there is not reason to put them back or > delete them from the .tar.gz, just delete them in the clean target. > > dpkg-source has special code to ignore deleted files so they will not > bloat the .diff.gz. (and deleting them by the diff would be wasted space > anyway, a single rm line in debian/rules clean target is much smaller > than having a copy of the file in the diff).
This is what I am doing now. Thank you all. Giridhar -- Y Giridhar Appaji Nag | http://www.appaji.net/
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