Adrian Glaubitz <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> writes: > Hi, > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 09:47:56PM +0100, Jaromír Mikeš wrote: > > Exist some way to create <project>_<version>.orig.tar.gz from > > <project>-<version>.tar.gz without complete debianization? And make > > md5 for both files identical? > > Yes, just rename the original tarball to > "<project>_<version>.orig.tar.gz". The orig.tar.gz is supposed to > contain the tarball like you receive it from upstream.
It is also common to have the original tarball keep the same name, and ‘ln -s foo-x.y.z.tar.gz foo_x.y.z.orig.tar.gz’. That way, manually checking the same file again won't cause confusion since it still has the name given by upstream. This is the default behaviour for ‘uscan --download’, IIUC. -- \ “The double standard that exempts religious activities from | `\ almost all standards of accountability should be dismantled | _o__) once and for all.” —Daniel Dennett, 2010-01-12 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87wrxxyq16....@benfinney.id.au
