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Re: Bug#79620: dpkg-source must handle file permissions




On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Wichert Akkerman wrote:

> Previously Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote:
> > Excuse me. Why do you think the functionality that would extend
> > dpkg-source's functionality in a backwards-compatible/transparent way would be
> > a silly kludge? I guess it can be done if correctly designed.
> 
> I'm stating that:
> a) it's a documented issue
> b) nobody has ever complained about it (admitedly not a real arugment)
> c) we rely on standard tools (patch and diff) which simply don't support
>    it
> 
> > I did read the documentation. I have the right to disagree with it, right?
> > I request that the bug be reopened with a wishlist severity.
> 
> I'll close it again. Feel free to take it up with the maintainers for
> patch and diff, if they start to support this dpkg-source will
> automatically support it as well.

Investigate makepatch/applypatch from
  ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/authors/Johan_Vromans/
You can at least apply such a patch with the "standard tools" sh and patch,
and making them with only sh and diff should be possible too.


Regards,
  Anne Bezemer



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