Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Goswin von Brederlow writes: > Russ Allbery writes: >> So, y'all realize that pdebuild --buildresult .. by default breaks >> the *_source.changes file that it generates because it regenerates a >> source package as part of the regular build, right? How are you >> actually using that *_source.ch

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-20 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Russ Allbery writes: > Ben Finney writes: >> Russ Allbery writes: >>> Cyril Brulebois writes: > You call it superfluous. It's particularly helpful for source-only uploads. > >>> Well, yes, it's superfluous for Debian, which doesn't support >>> source-only uploads. > >> But not for ha

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-16 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:26:28AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > pdebuild uses dpkg-buildpackage -S to generate a source package > which it then copies into the chroot to do the full build. FWIW, via cowbuilder you get _source.changes by default. So, for instance, I started seeing those files when

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-15 Thread Ben Finney
Russ Allbery writes: > So, y'all realize that pdebuild --buildresult .. by default breaks the > *_source.changes file that it generates because it regenerates a > source package as part of the regular build, right? I've no idea about what pdebuild does, I don't use it. I was addressing only the

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-15 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Russ Allbery (15/05/2009): > So, y'all realize that pdebuild --buildresult .. by default breaks the > *_source.changes file that it generates because it regenerates a > source package as part of the regular build, right? How are you > actually using that *_source.changes file? Always having pdeb

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-15 Thread Russ Allbery
Ben Finney writes: > Russ Allbery writes: >> Cyril Brulebois writes: >>> You call it superfluous. It's particularly helpful for source-only >>> uploads. >> Well, yes, it's superfluous for Debian, which doesn't support >> source-only uploads. > But not for hackers preparing packages for Debian

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-15 Thread Ben Finney
Russ Allbery writes: > Cyril Brulebois writes: > > You call it superfluous. It's particularly helpful for source-only > > uploads. > > Well, yes, it's superfluous for Debian, which doesn't support > source-only uploads. But not for hackers preparing packages for Debian, who want to present tho

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-15 Thread Philipp Kern
On 2009-05-15, Russ Allbery wrote: > Cyril Brulebois writes: >> Russ Allbery (15/05/2009): >>> Calling dpkg-buildpackage -S produces a superfluous _sources.changes >>> file, so anything that uses that method to produce a source package >>> for build would either need to remove it or would leave

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-15 Thread Russ Allbery
Cyril Brulebois writes: > Russ Allbery (15/05/2009): >> Calling dpkg-buildpackage -S produces a superfluous _sources.changes >> file, so anything that uses that method to produce a source package >> for build would either need to remove it or would leave it lying >> around. pdebuild uses dpkg-b

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-15 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Russ Allbery (15/05/2009): > Calling dpkg-buildpackage -S produces a superfluous _sources.changes > file, so anything that uses that method to produce a source package > for build would either need to remove it or would leave it lying > around. pdebuild uses dpkg-buildpackage -S to generate a sou

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-15 Thread Russ Allbery
Malte Forkel writes: > Russ Allbery schrieb: >> Malte Forkel writes: >>> After some more checking and thinking, I guess I know what's causing >>> my problems: Its me, probably! I assume the source.changes files are >>> created while I setup everything for building a package, e.g. by >>> dh_make

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-15 Thread Malte Forkel
Russ Allbery schrieb: > Malte Forkel writes: > >> After some more checking and thinking, I guess I know what's causing >> my problems: Its me, probably! I assume the source.changes files are >> created while I setup everything for building a package, e.g. by >> dh_make calling dpkg-buildpackage -

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-14 Thread Philipp Kern
On 2009-05-14, Russ Allbery wrote: > Malte Forkel writes: >> After some more checking and thinking, I guess I know what's causing >> my problems: Its me, probably! I assume the source.changes files are >> created while I setup everything for building a package, e.g. by >> dh_make calling dpkg-bui

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-14 Thread Russ Allbery
Malte Forkel writes: > After some more checking and thinking, I guess I know what's causing > my problems: Its me, probably! I assume the source.changes files are > created while I setup everything for building a package, e.g. by > dh_make calling dpkg-buildpackage -S or whatever. I then use eith

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-14 Thread Malte Forkel
Philipp Kern schrieb: > [Sorry about the terse reply.] > Not at all. Thanks for responding! > On 2009-05-14, Malte Forkel wrote: >> Well, just judging from a limited sample, all source.changes and >> i386.changes files I checked contain both Source and Binary fields. > > He spoke about the File

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-14 Thread Philipp Kern
[Sorry about the terse reply.] On 2009-05-14, Malte Forkel wrote: > Well, just judging from a limited sample, all source.changes and > i386.changes files I checked contain both Source and Binary fields. He spoke about the Files part. > There is some correlation to the Architecture field, though

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-14 Thread Malte Forkel
Luk Claes schrieb: > Malte Forkel wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I recently noticed that when I'm packaging software sometimes a >> i386.changes file gets created, and sometimes a source.changes file gets >> created. >> >> I couldn't find an explanation in the New Maintainer's Guide or in the >> Policy Manual

Re: i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-13 Thread Luk Claes
Malte Forkel wrote: > Hi, > > I recently noticed that when I'm packaging software sometimes a > i386.changes file gets created, and sometimes a source.changes file gets > created. > > I couldn't find an explanation in the New Maintainer's Guide or in the > Policy Manual. I guess its something to

i386.changes vs source.changes

2009-05-13 Thread Malte Forkel
Hi, I recently noticed that when I'm packaging software sometimes a i386.changes file gets created, and sometimes a source.changes file gets created. I couldn't find an explanation in the New Maintainer's Guide or in the Policy Manual. I guess its something to do with the setup or type of the pac