Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Umm, but if I have to have Debian specific software installed > (or know gory details of the internal structure) in order to check > the upstream source. Like, I can't just upload the Deb file to the > dec alpha at work on a thick pipe to the net, check the upstream > source (like md5sum it), in order to put it on a tape to take home. > > I can't just drop in the upstream untainted sources and make > things go. > > I should not have to run Debian specific tools to unpack the > sources.
You need 3 tools, ar, tar, and gzip. You don't need any debian specific tools. I don't consider the internals gory. If you do, here's a script to extract the upstream source from a src-orig-*.deb file. -- cut here -- ~/bin/unpack #! /bin/sh ar p $1 data.tar.gz | tar xzvf - -- cut here -- That's not too hard, is it? :-) Cheers, - Jim
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