[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: patching a package?




"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.



Reply to: