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Re: Red Hat Package Manager debianized



clameter@waterf.org (Christoph Lameter)  wrote on 29.10.96 in <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.95.961029062041.16222B-100000@waterf.org>:

[...]

> 2. Patch it
>
> patch <XYZ.patch
>
> 3. Build the debian package
>
> cd XYZ-Version
> debian/rules binary
>
>
> Note:
>
> The patching cannot do anything about the binaries. The only thing that it
> could do is rewrite control files or scripts in the package. To access the
> files in the package it has to refer to XYZ-Version/debian/tmp/filename.

It could always patch debian/rules, which can then in turn do interesting  
things even to binaries. This would also enable you to move stuff around  
if that turns out to be necessary.


MfG Kai

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