Re: debian packages: single diff vs multiple patches (as in rpm)

2003-12-30 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 08:55:55PM +0100, GCS wrote: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 05:56:33PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > It is also not uncommon to make an orig.tar.gz of (possibly multiple) > > upstream tarballs by putting them in a directory and tarring that. > Ofcours

Re: debian packages: single diff vs multiple patches (as in rpm)

2003-12-30 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 08:55:55PM +0100, GCS wrote: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 05:56:33PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is also not uncommon to make an orig.tar.gz of (possibly multiple) > > upstream tarballs by putting them in a directory and tarring that. > Ofcourse y

Re: debian packages: single diff vs multiple patches (as in rpm)

2003-12-30 Thread GCS
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 05:56:33PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is also not uncommon to make an orig.tar.gz of (possibly multiple) > upstream tarballs by putting them in a directory and tarring that. Ofcourse you mean tar+gzip that, as orig is always tar.gz; alhough I th

Re: debian packages: single diff vs multiple patches (as in rpm)

2003-12-30 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:06:35AM -0500, Jay Berkenbilt wrote: > Now I'm strongly considering making the switch to Debian and am > evaluating moving my whole installation system over to dpkg. dpkg > seems superior to rpm in almost all respects (richer dependencies, > better documentation, more r

Re: debian packages: single diff vs multiple patches (as in rpm)

2003-12-30 Thread GCS
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 05:56:33PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is also not uncommon to make an orig.tar.gz of (possibly multiple) > upstream tarballs by putting them in a directory and tarring that. Ofcourse you mean tar+gzip that, as orig is always tar.gz; alhough I thi

Re: debian packages: single diff vs multiple patches (as in rpm)

2003-12-30 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:06:35AM -0500, Jay Berkenbilt wrote: > Now I'm strongly considering making the switch to Debian and am > evaluating moving my whole installation system over to dpkg. dpkg > seems superior to rpm in almost all respects (richer dependencies, > better documentation, more r

Re: debian packages: single diff vs multiple patches (as in rpm)

2003-12-30 Thread Santiago Vila
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Jay Berkenbilt wrote: > As far as I can tell, a Debian package consists of a single source > tarball and a single diff. Is this right, or have I missed something? It's right, a Debian source package is usually distributed as a single source and a single diff (sometimes there

Re: debian packages: single diff vs multiple patches (as in rpm)

2003-12-30 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. I suppose you have already found the most generic pointers like new maintainer guide ans such. Jay Berkenbilt wrote: > As far as I can tell, a Debian package consists of a single source > tarball and a single diff. Is this right, or have I missed something? > Coming from an rpm perspective,

Re: debian packages: single diff vs multiple patches (as in rpm)

2003-12-30 Thread Santiago Vila
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Jay Berkenbilt wrote: > As far as I can tell, a Debian package consists of a single source > tarball and a single diff. Is this right, or have I missed something? It's right, a Debian source package is usually distributed as a single source and a single diff (sometimes there

debian packages: single diff vs multiple patches (as in rpm)

2003-12-30 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
Although philosophically more aligned with Debian, I had been a RedHat user for almost 8 years largely pragmatic reasons that aren't relevant. As such, I have developed a large rpm-based infrastructure for releasing my company's own software to our production facilities and have become quite fami

Re: debian packages: single diff vs multiple patches (as in rpm)

2003-12-30 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. I suppose you have already found the most generic pointers like new maintainer guide ans such. Jay Berkenbilt wrote: > As far as I can tell, a Debian package consists of a single source > tarball and a single diff. Is this right, or have I missed something? > Coming from an rpm perspective,

debian packages: single diff vs multiple patches (as in rpm)

2003-12-30 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
Although philosophically more aligned with Debian, I had been a RedHat user for almost 8 years largely pragmatic reasons that aren't relevant. As such, I have developed a large rpm-based infrastructure for releasing my company's own software to our production facilities and have become quite fami