On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 04:49:15PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > 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. > Apart from that, depending on how active development on a given package is, the code checked out by debcheckout may differ from what is currently in Debian.
Some reasons for this might include: - The maintainer has made new commits that have not yet been uploaded to unstable - You are running stable and debcheckout gets an old repository URL that is no longer in use (in which case you get outdated code) Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
