On Aug 18, 2014, at 09:22 PM, Tianon Gravi wrote: >On 18 August 2014 18:11, Brian May <br...@microcomaustralia.com.au> wrote: >> Unfortunately, debian/watch (AFAIK) doesn't include any details of any >> changes that were made to the tar.gz file by the package developer. > >It's been my understanding that this is exactly one of the main uses of >the "command" argument in debian/watch. See docker.io's debian/watch[1] >for example, where "/bin/sh debian/repack.sh" is what does the >DFSG-compliance repacking of the orig tarball so that they're cleanly >repeatable (which is an important property of orig tarballs). > >Have you tried comparing the existing orig tarball from the archive to >the corresponding tarball downloaded via uscan?
debian/copyright also has the ability to affect the tarball that uscan produces. It's poorly documented[*], but if you add a Files-Excluded header to the global stanza in d/copyright, those files will be stripped from the tarball by uscan. Cheers, -Barry [*] The uscan manpage briefly mentions this but doesn't go into much detail. This describes the feature better, but it's not as discoverable: https://wiki.debian.org/UscanEnhancements -- 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/20140819093127.3f901...@anarchist.wooz.org
