Re: Debian bug 159367

Ed Sweetman <ed.sweetman <at> wmich.edu> writes:

> Andreas Rottmann wrote:
> > "Kristian G. Kvilekval" <kris <at> cs.ucsb.edu> writes:
> >
> >> This is fixed in CVS.
> > I'm thinking about basing the next zinf debian package on CVS. Is
> > this
> > a good idea? I also have a problem with CVS: how do i create a tarball
> > from the CVS source? 'make dist' doesn't work... :-/
> > Regards, Andy
> 
> distro binary packaging is one of the things on the "omg can someone
> fix this" list.  Both redhat and debian people scream and yell about
> how ugly it is but i've yet to see any cleanup patches submitted or
> clear directions on what needs to be fixed
> 
> 
I don't quite understand - I justed wanted to knwo how i can obtain a
*source* tarball from the checked out CVS sources. Packages using
automake have a make dist, which creates a source tarball.

Andy
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