Re: converting from dpatch to quilt
Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de> writes:
> On Saturday 20 February 2010, Mike Hommey wrote:
>> > I don't see any valid reason to convert packages which already
>> > use a patch system such as dpatch to the new thing. Debian is in
>> > dire need of manpower taking care of our core infrastructure,
>> > converting dpatch-based packages to quilt is a total waste of
>> > manpower.
>>
>> If your dpatches are simply patches and not scripts, converting to
>> 3.0 (quilt) is a few minutes job: rename the files, rename 00list
>> to series, adapt its content, remove your patch system from
>> debian/rules, change the build-deps accordingly, write a
>> debian/source/format file containing 3.0 (quilt). Done.
>
> BTW, does anybody have suggestions how to handle cases where the
> dpatches are scripts? For example
>
> 1) patch some files, including foo.c
> 2) copy foo.c to bar.c
> 3) patch bar.c some more
> 4) build (using both foo.c and bar.c)
>
> Do I have to reimplement a patch system for 3) in my rules file or can
> I somehow also use quilt for that, too? Or would it be best to simply
> keep dpatch?
>
> Disclaimer: My experience with quilt so far is limited to adding new
> patches to existing packages.
>
> Cheers,
> Stefan
Keep your patch system and document it properly.
You can mix this to some degree if you mv debian/patches debian/dpatches
(or any other name) but I think mixing patch systems will be even more
confusing.
MfG
Goswin
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