[TriLUG] best practice? maintaining a one-off Debian 3.0 package

Mark Johnson mrj at debian.org
Mon Nov 4 18:41:45 EST 2002


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On , November 4, Michael Alan Dorman wrote:

Hi James (& Mike!),

As usual, Mike has very clearly, succinctly and most excellently
explained the procedure for patching a debian package. 

However, should you need some more, er, verbose, help please lemme
know. I'd be more than happy to help walk you through the procedure.

FWIW, even though I've recently relocated to Northern Wisconsin (aka
The Great White North), I'm still quite unable to uninvolve myself in
things happening down there in the triangle, esp TriLug. I truly miss
it.

Cheers,
Mark

> James Manning <jmm at sublogic.com> writes:
> > Pretty simple - I wanna build a package that's out of Debian 3.0,
> > but with a small patch applied (not yet ready for sending upstream).
> > Anyone got recommended links or docs on the subject?
> > 
> > Whatever involves the least amount of pain would be best - I don't
> > hope to do this build much, as I'm hoping it'll prove to be valuable
> > to go upstream soonish :)
> 
> dpkg-source -x woody-source.dsc
> cd woody-source-1.0
> patch -p1 < ../some_wierd_patch
> emacs debian/changelog
> debuild -us -uc
> 
> For more documentation, you should be able to get away with grovelling
> through manpages and/or checking out the developers corner on the web
> site.
> 
> Mike.

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