Arnaud Vandyck dijo [Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 10:57:31PM +0200]: > > > > Unpacking the .orig.tar.gz only creates the directory of the > > > > program, but without the debian/ directory. What do I have to do? > > > Unzip the 'program.diff.gz' file, and apply it with patch. This > > > will create the debian/ directory. > > > > > > If you've got this from a stable archive I'm suprised it's not in > > > the unstable one - unless it was removed. > > > > > > (Perhaps if you got it from stable you could 'apt-get source > > > program' which would download and unpack everything for you > > > instead?) > > > > > OK. It worked! Thank you! > > > > And I did not download the program from the stable version of Debian. > > The program isn´t on the official release of Debian. A guy created the > > program, but he created using stable version. > > you can also try: > $ dpkg-source -x program.dsc This is, in fact, a better way to do it - Sometimes the orig.tar.gz has a directory name different from what Debian dictates (and the package builder accepts) - dpkg-source moves it to the right directory name before applying the patch. Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - gwolf@gwolf.cx - (+52-55)5630-9700 ext. 1366 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF
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