Re: debian .orig.tar.gz vs. upstream tar.gz

2007-09-03 Thread Jörg Sommer
Hi, Kapil Hari Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Jörg Sommer wrote: >> > Do *not* get the upstream .tar.gz which may have changed for some >> > mysterious reason. >> >> I don't think the upstream tar.gz have changed, but your orig.tar.gz is >> not the same as the upstrea

Re: debian .orig.tar.gz vs. upstream tar.gz

2007-08-28 Thread Thibaut Paumard
Le 28 août 07 à 03:11, Kapil Hari Paranjape a écrit : Hello, On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: In any case if this is done then it *must* be documented in debian/changelog and/or README.Debian-source. The "*must*" in the above line is not supported by Debian policy. So I'll c

Re: debian .orig.tar.gz vs. upstream tar.gz

2007-08-27 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > In any case if this is done then it *must* be documented in > debian/changelog and/or README.Debian-source. The "*must*" in the above line is not supported by Debian policy. So I'll change that to a "*should*" :-) Regards, Kapil. -- --

Re: debian .orig.tar.gz vs. upstream tar.gz

2007-08-27 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Jörg Sommer wrote: > > Do *not* get the upstream .tar.gz which may have changed for some > > mysterious reason. > > I don't think the upstream tar.gz have changed, but your orig.tar.gz is > not the same as the upstream tar.gz. This happens if the orig.tar.gz was > repa

Re: debian .orig.tar.gz vs. upstream tar.gz

2007-08-27 Thread Jörg Sommer
Hi Kapil, Kapil Hari Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got hit by this so I wanted to note it down where it might be of > use to others. It *is* elementary but then ... > > Suppose pkg_123.45.orig.tar.gz is already in the Debian archive. > > To build a new version pkg_123.45-xxx of th

Re: debian .orig.tar.gz vs. upstream tar.gz

2007-08-27 Thread Neil Williams
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:46:56 +0530 Kapil Hari Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not just debian/changelog but README.Debian-source. However, the point > of my mail was not about *how* pkg_123.45.orig.tar.gz turned out to > be different from upstream's version but what to do *if* it turned > o

Re: debian .orig.tar.gz vs. upstream tar.gz

2007-08-27 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Neil Williams wrote: > I'm confused. Is this related to the other messages in this thread or > did you mean to start a new thread? I'm sorry that I posted to your thread and confused the issue. Many apologies for the hijack. On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Neil Williams wrote: >

Re: debian .orig.tar.gz vs. upstream tar.gz

2007-08-27 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 10:44:20AM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > Kapil Hari Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *Always* use the Debian version of the .orig.tar.gz by doing "apt-get -d > > source pkg". > > Do *not* get the upstream .tar.gz which may have changed for some > > mysterious reas

Re: debian .orig.tar.gz vs. upstream tar.gz

2007-08-27 Thread Neil Williams
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:18:52 +0530 Kapil Hari Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I got hit by this so I wanted to note it down where it might be of > use to others. It *is* elementary but then ... It sounds wrong to me - which package is this? Does the debian changelog mention tha