Hi,
>>"Jim" == Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jim> [1 <text/plain; US-ASCII (7bit)>] Manoj Srivastava
Jim> <[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.
>>
Jim> You need 3 tools, ar, tar, and gzip. You don't need any debian
Jim> specific tools. I don't consider the internals gory. If you do,
Jim> here's a script to extract the upstream source from a
Jim> src-orig-*.deb file.
I know that. How many people on debian-user do? Compare that
to how many people would know <package>.orig.tar.gz and how to unpack
that? I still maintain that you need to know gory details in order to
unpack .deb files.
Debian developers are not good yardsticks to determine what
constitutes goryness of the details.
manoj
--
Beware the fury of a patient man. -- Dryden
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>
Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E
