> When I use "apt source sl" (from sid, into its own directory) and compare > that tree (?) with what I get if I download via what that suggests (git > clone https://salsa.debian.org/debian/sl.git) (into its own directory), I > notice that the Makefile in the Debian version is slightly > more complex.
I believe the difference should be that "apt source sl" will have applied the patches that you can find in the `debian/patches` subdirectory of the https://salsa.debian.org/debian/sl.git version. Stefan