Re: add pristine-tar

[Jaromír Mikeš]

> Od: Jonas Smedegaard <jonas at jones.dk>

> >> Od: Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes at seznam.cz>
> >
> >> few repositories I co-maintain missing pristine-tar.
> >> How to add pristine-tar to such existing repo?
> >
> >I tried:
> >$ pristine-tar commit ../zita-convolver_2.0.0.orig.tar.bz2
> >and get:
> >$ pristine-tar: committed zita-convolver_2.0.0.orig.tar.bz2.delta to branch
> pristine-tar
> 
> Better to use the --pristine-tar option of git-import-orig - unless you 
> already pushed your git-import-orig commit so it is too late to role 
> back to do that.
> 
> 
> >Than I tried build package:
> >$ git-buildpackage -S
> >[snip]
> >fatal: Path 'zita-convolver_2.0.0.orig.tar.gz.delta' does not exist in
> 'refs/heads/pristine-tar'
> >pristine-tar: git show
> refs/heads/pristine-tar:zita-convolver_2.0.0.orig.tar.gz.delta failed
> >/usr/bin/pristine-tar returned 128
> >Couldn't run '/usr/bin/pristine-tar'
> >
> >it looks like git-buildpackage search just for orig.tar.gz and ignore
> orig.tar.bz2
> 
> Use git-buildpackage --git-compression=bzip
> 
> Or better: add a hint about compression type to debian/gbp.conf.  See 
> the source of e.g. morituri for an example.

Thank you Jonas for help.
I will try when I will be at my working machine again.

regards

mira