On 19.08.2014 01:52, Brian May wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to package the latest upstream version of librabbitmq. > > However, the packaging is in git, and I am not sure how to insert the > latest upstream version in this git repository. > > From debian/control: > > Homepage: https://github.com/alanxz/rabbitmq-c > Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/librabbitmq.git > <http://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/librabbitmq.git> > Vcs-Browser: > http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/librabbitmq.git > > From debian/copyright: > > Source: https://github.com/alanxz/rabbitmq-c > > I take this to mean I should be downloading the orig.tag.gz from github. > > However, just to make things more interesting, the 5.0 and 5.1 tar.gz > file from github contains a "sub git repository" (not sure I have used > correct git terminology here), with invalid relative reference, > under rabbitmq-c-0.5.1/codegen, which wasn't included in > librabbitmq_0.5.0.orig.tar.gz > > brian@aquitard:~/tree/debian/unstable/librabbitmq/librabbitmq/codegen$ > cat .git > gitdir: ../.git/modules/codegen > brian@aquitard:~/tree/debian/unstable/librabbitmq/librabbitmq/codegen$ > git diff > fatal: Not a git repository: ../.git/modules/codegen > > So it looks like maybe the librabbitmq_0.5.0.orig.tar.gz was repackaged > from upstream? Should I do the same thing for 0.5.1? >
github.com tag downloads do not include submodules as git archive itself does not support them. You will have to download your full tarball from another place than github. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53f2f69c.2030...@googlemail.com
