"Lionel Elie Mamane" <lionel@mamane.lu> wrote in message [🔎] 20060509060332.GA367@capsaicin.mamane.lu">news:[🔎] 20060509060332.GA367@capsaicin.mamane.lu...
apt-get source ${PACKAGE} cp -R ${PACKAGE}-${VERSION} ${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}.pristine-deb cd ${PACKAGE}-${VERSION} # hack away cd ..diff --recursive -u ${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}.pristine-deb ${PACKAGE}-${VERSION} > descriptive_name.patch#(add -N option to diff if appropriate) #send descriptive_name.patch to the maintainer, probably through a bug #report.
Um... the person wanted to build a deb and install it for testing. You should add those to the list of commands.