Re: quilt 3.0 source format and dpkg-source/dpkg-buildpackage
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 01:14:46AM +0100, Norbert Preining wrote:
> Can someone of the proposers of this (nice? stupid? rubbish?) format
> explain me please why on earth:
> - git-buildpackage
> - dpkg-buildpackage
> - and in fact at the bottom dpkg-source
> fuck around in my git repository, applying patches, just for builing
> a source package?
Sorry to hear about your bad experience. I use the same workflow,
git-buildpackage + 3.0 (quilt) and I have no problems so far.
> If someone is so kind and tell me how that should work:
>
> $ git-buildpackage -us -uc -S
> ... ok new quilt 3.o source package has been built
> $ git status
> ...peng, all patches applied, but I don't WANT them applied!!!
Are you using --git-export-dir? It seems not, and that you build the
package in-place.
I use this snippet in my gbp.conf:
[git-buildpackage]
export-dir = ../build-area/
which never runs anything in my git dir, so it's always pristine.
> $ quilt pop -a
> ... blabla cannot find bla bla...
> $ git status
> ...still a pain
Maybe git reset --hard + removal of the .pc directory.
> Ok, it might be that some people enjoy working permanently in that format,
> but then, how to create a new patch? quilt new does not work:
> $ quilt new
> ... bummer, there is now ./patches in my git repository
My .quiltrc includes this:
QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches
So it uses the right directory.
> I don't know what big advantages there really are, I have seen the
> announcements again and again and haven't seen any compelling reason in
> it. The only reason is that it is just plain counter intuitive
> to work with.
>
> Well, anyway, I converted one pakcage to quilt 3.0, and I will convert
> it back. I don't care for it.
Again, sorry to hear this experience - in my case, after reading the
wiki page, it was a painless experience. And the new format seems
cleaner - no longer quilt-specific stuff in debian/rules, and a nice
debian.tar.gz instead of a diff.
regards,
iustin
Reply to: