Peter Eisentraut wrote: >Karel Zak writes: > >> > 3. `make dist' depends on distdir, tars up the prepared tree, and
leaves > a >> > file postgresql-$(VERSION).tar.gz, which you can give to your friends. >> >> And what
".orig.tar.gz"?We Debian's user love it :-) (and IMHO it is >> really not bad idea.) > >What's that?
A Debian source package consists of the upstream source (named
package.orig.tar.gz) together with a diff file and a control file. These
should be all that are needed to rebuild the binary package from the source.
Some upstream developers make it hard for us, though. :-(
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cry.He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and
establishedmy goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God. Many shall see it, and
fear,and shall trust in the LORD." Psalms 40:1-3
