Re: modifying upstream files in Pear packages
On Monday 08 of August 2005 17:14, Charles Fry wrote:
> > > The problem that I am encountering is that "pear install" fails its
> > > md5sum check due to the modification that I have made. I suppose that I
> > > could apply a patch after executing "pear install", but even then the
> > > file's checksum would be incorrect (and I assume that that is one of
> > > the things stored in .registry).
> > >
> > > Any thoughts on how to handle this situation?
> >
> > What about patching the file _after_ `pear install'?
>
> I suggested that myself above, but that would break the .registry
> checksum. Does anyone know just what that is used for, and if that is
> something that we should attempt to keep consistent?
.registry/ files doesn't contain md5sums, so it is the cleanest solution and
doesn't break anything.
Or did I misunderstand you?
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