Hi again, Patrick Matthäi wrote: > Paul Wise schrieb: >> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Dario Minnucci >> (midget)<deb...@midworld.net> wrote: >>> Nick Leverton wrote: >>>> The upstream package contains private copies of libtalloc and pupnp, both >>>> of >>>> which are already included in Debian in their own right (libtalloc1 and >>>> libupnp3). Perhaps you could consider specifying --with-external-libupnp >>>> and --with-external-talloc in your ./configure. If there are any >>>> changes you need to libupnp3, I would be pleased to receive suggestions >>>> in the BTS. IANADD so I can't upload for you, sorry. >>> PS: Shall I remove from the original sources 'libupnp' and 'talloc' and >>> rename the package to be >>> DFSG, or it's OK to distribute upstream sources like that ? >> By far the best is to talk to upstream and get them to remove the >> embedded code copies along with any patches needed to build properly. > > ACK. >
Ok, I'll try to talk to upstream about this issue. Anyway, I'm rebuilding it against libs shipped in Debian. >> Personally I wouldn't bother stripping the embedded code copies from >> the orig.tar.gz. I would add 'rm -rf libupnp talloc' to debian/rules >> just before the ./configure call so that there is no chance of the >> package being built against the embedded code copies though. > > Moving would be better, because with this way you are modifying the > tarball and then you will mostly have an error on building the package > twice. Is there any convention to do this 'moving'? > I also do not see any need for it, if it realy builds against the system > wide libs. > OK >> If you do strip the embedded code copies from the orig.tar.gz, it is >> inappropriate to add +dfsgX to the upstream version number because you >> aren't stripping for DFSG-related reasons. +dsX for "Debian Source" is >> what the devref or policy recommends for non-DFSG repacking IIRC, >> please read about that though, I could be wrong. > > I wouldn't prefer this solution. If upstream removes them, everything is > nice, if not, he should live with that.. I prefer not to touch sources, if it's possible. Cheers and thanks for quick answers. PS: Shall I write back to the one who answers my questions or directly back to the list, or both? -- Dario Minnucci (midget) <deb...@midworld.net> Phone: +34 902021030 | Fax: +34 902024417 | Support: +34 807450000 Key fingerprint = 62FF F60F CE79 9CE4 EBA8 523F FC84 1B2D 82C8 B711
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