Re: How to handle Debian patches
On Sat, 17 May 2008, George Danchev wrote:
> On Saturday 17 May 2008, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > This is exactly what happened in the openssl case (modulo
> > ./debian/patches).
>
> Not true. openssl packaging didn't and still does not use clearly
> identified diff files in debian/patches/.
Uh... that's why Manoj said "modulo ./debian/patches"
> > Indeed, this is already the recommendation: use pristine upstream,
> > unless they have added non-dfsg materials, or something, and _all_
> > debian changes live in the diff.gz.
>
> A large number of packages do not follow that simple rule, but
> patching the orig.tar.gz instead.
Which packages are these, and why aren't there bugs filed about this?
Don Armstrong
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