Problem with *.zip archives

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Joachim,

On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 01:56:43PM +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> > > Personally I’d find 
> > >         File-Excluded: foo/bar.js
> > > to exclude
> > >  * foo/bar.js (in case of a dirty tarball)
> > >  * pkg-1.0/foo/bar.js (as in your implementation) as well as
> > >  * pkg-1.0/docs/foo/bar.js (this would be new
> > > the easiest, as it will conceivably stand less in the way of the
> > > developers, i.e. he would _not_ have to first look up the precise
> > > semantics.
> > 
> > +1 (or rather +10 since it is really flexible ;-))
> 
> Implemented. Worked with CImg.

Good.

> > BTW, we should create a mothur-Package like test-case.  I just tested
> > your last commit and I can not get the __MACOSX go away. :-(
> 
> My suggestion was not implemented until now. Please try again. 

Hmmmm, I can not confirm.  Did you tried the mothur package?
 
> I extended the testcase with removing "./docs/html/js/jquery.js" using
> the pattern "js/jquery.js".

Cool!
 
> > > Just found https://bugs.debian.org/685506 which contains an attempt to
> > > give a more formal specification. Good.
> > > 
> > > I suggest we replace
> > > 
> > >         
> > >         Patterns match pathnames that start at the root of the source
> > >         tree.
> > >         Thus, "Makefile.in" matches only the file at the root of the
> > >         tree, but "*/Makefile.in" matches at any depth.
> > >         
> > > with 
> > > 
> > >         Patterns match pathnames relative to any of their parent
> > >         directories. So "icons/company.png" matches such a file in the
> > >         root of the tree, in "pkg-1.0/icons/company.png" as well as in
> > >         "pkg-1.0/docs/icons/company.png".
> > >         
> > > This avoids the not well defined “root of the source tree”.
> > 
> > +1
> 
> Would you be so kind to pursue the policy/specification change, given
> that you are the original author?

I have changed this at

   https://wiki.debian.org/UscanEnhancements

(please double check and change if needed) and I also keep the bug report
in CC.

Many thanks for your work on this

     Andreas.

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