Re: How to correctly patch without cdbs?
Hi Joseph! =)
On 6/19/06, Joseph Smidt <jsmidt@byu.edu> wrote:
How do you correctly apply .patch files without cdbs? Do you just have to
hardcode all the "patch" commands into debian/rules?
That's one way: you can obviously have some shell snippet in
debian/rules that would scan a directory for patches to the pristine
source then apply those in some order. Then again, you would proably
put that snippet in a separate file that debian/rules can include.
But by the time you get to do this, you've reinvented the wheel, which
is nice if you're trying to understand things.
Dpatch, CDBS, et al. simplifies this at the cost of an additional
package (or two) to B-D on, but I think many would find this to be a
better tradeoff than managing a mixed-up patchset. AIUI debhelper
doesn't do build-time patching at all; most of the stuff it does is
called upon the `install-*' and `binary-*' targets.
Another way would be to maintain packages within a version control
system. ${INSERT_YOUR_FAV_VC_HERE}-buildpackage gives you yet another
loose piece of rope to hang yourself on :P
Cheers,
Zakame
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