Re: Adding debian/rules unpack as a required operation

2002-01-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Colin> Although I'd oppose this being 'must', I would love to see a Colin> documented optional target in order to promote Colin> consistency. Given agreement among the maintainers of ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^

Re: Adding debian/rules unpack as a required operation

2002-01-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 01:21:29AM +0100, Martin Waitz wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 02:25:36PM -0600, David Starner wrote: > > If a package source does not come fully unpacked - i.e. it uses a > > DBS-like system - debian/rules must include an unpack target, that > > unpacks the source code and

Re: Adding debian/rules unpack as a required operation

2002-01-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Branden" == Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Branden> On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 04:03:32PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >>"David" == David Starner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> A suggestion for policy: David> If a package source does not come fully unpacked - i.e. it use

Re: Adding debian/rules unpack as a required operation

2002-01-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 04:03:32PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"David" == David Starner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David> A suggestion for policy: > David> If a package source does not come fully unpacked - i.e. it uses a > David> DBS-like system - debian/rules must include an unpack t

Re: Adding debian/rules unpack as a required operation

2002-01-17 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"David" == David Starner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> A suggestion for policy: David> If a package source does not come fully unpacked - i.e. it uses a David> DBS-like system - debian/rules must include an unpack target, that David> unpacks the source code and applies all patches to it

Re: Adding debian/rules unpack as a required operation

2002-01-16 Thread Martin Waitz
hi :) On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 02:25:36PM -0600, David Starner wrote: > If a package source does not come fully unpacked - i.e. it uses a > DBS-like system - debian/rules must include an unpack target, that > unpacks the source code and applies all patches to it. i think this is the wrong approach

Re: Adding debian/rules unpack as a required operation

2002-01-16 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 02:25:36PM -0600, David Starner wrote: > If a package source does not come fully unpacked - i.e. it uses a > DBS-like system - debian/rules must include an unpack target, that > unpacks the source code and applies all patches to it. Make it another optional target listed in

Adding debian/rules unpack as a required operation

2002-01-16 Thread David Starner
A suggestion for policy: If a package source does not come fully unpacked - i.e. it uses a DBS-like system - debian/rules must include an unpack target, that unpacks the source code and applies all patches to it. The motivation is, that I'm tired of wanting to look at the source code to a program