[Reproducible-builds] dpkg_1.18.1.0~reproducible5 ftbfs

[Jérémy Bobbio]

Guillem Jover:
> Ah, the problem is that the releases are being made directly from
> git with dpkg-buildpackage. The correct way to release dpkg is to
> «make dist» and then build Debian packages from that tarball.
> 
> The detailed instructions on releasing can be found on the “How to
> release“ section here:
> 
>   <https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/GitUsage>
> 
> although several points might not be relevant here.

Thanks for the pointer! What would you think of adding it to a
README.source [1] file? I probably would have learned about this page
(and saved some troubles) if it had been.

 [1]: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-readmesource

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