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author | Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> | 2016-10-29 07:35:32 -0700 |
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committer | Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2016-10-30 17:27:52 +0000 |
commit | f8455919997255ec572e457d984dd2450196444a (patch) | |
tree | b2e9883ac7ed8f2aa4b38e82d11123fdc29e9d9d /dgit-user.7.pod | |
parent | 256b64652ad59ecf74a75fb3337e39dfec8773f4 (diff) |
dgit-user(7): Explain "binary package"
Signed-off-by: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Diffstat (limited to 'dgit-user.7.pod')
-rw-r--r-- | dgit-user.7.pod | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/dgit-user.7.pod b/dgit-user.7.pod index d27cd93..ac983b4 100644 --- a/dgit-user.7.pod +++ b/dgit-user.7.pod @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ system as if your distro used git to maintain all of it. You can then edit it, -build updated binary packages +build updated binary packages (.debs) and install and run them. You can also share your work with others. @@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ Later: =back dgit clone needs to be told the source package name -(which might be different to the binary package name) +(which might be different to the binary package name, +which was the name you passed to "apt-get install") and the codename or alias of the Debian release (this is called the "suite"). @@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ The C<dgit/jessie> branch (or whatever) is a normal git branch. You can use C<git push> to publish it on any suitable git server. Anyone who gets that git branch from you -will be able to build binary packages +will be able to build binary packages (.deb) just as you did. If you want to contribute your changes back to Debian, |