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Re: diff arguments for building diff for dpkg-source



Hi,

Micha Feigin wrote:
> Currently I am trying to build the diff for the source trio
> (orig.tar.gz/diff.gz/.dsc). The problem is that using the standard diff
> arguments diff -ruN doesn't work. dpkg-source -x returns an error for
> the diff line (the first one in the file) and for the file dates that
> diff adds.
> What are the arguments for diff to build a diff file that dpkg-source -x
> accepts?

Why do you want to do it yourself?

Just extract the sourcepackage (dpkg-source -x <dsc>). cd into that
dir, make your modifications and build the package (dpkg-buildpackage
-rfakeroot). The new .dsc and .diff.gz then are automatically created
and the deb with results as this build is created...

Grüße/Regards,

René
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