Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Should some patches from debian/patches/ be applied

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From: Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 10:01:19 +0200
On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 12:49:27AM -0700, Guy Harris wrote:
> Speaking of Debian updates, should there be a README file to indicate 
> what packaging files need to be updated, in what fashion, when a new 
> file is added to the list of installed files in Ethereal?  If, for 
> example, a new plugin is added, the NSIS script has to be updated - but, 
> apparently, none of the other packaging files do.

I don't think so: The normal packagers work with wildcards, so no changes
are needed. Maybe there are some cornercases that I forget right now, but
some things are better done manually.
Packagers are free to tell me I'm wrong of course :-)

 Ciao
    Joerg
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Joerg Mayer                                           <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
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