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Re: question about build a package



On Monday, June 03, 2013 09:55:06, Rodolfo García Peñas (kix) wrote:
> Pol Hallen <debiandevelml@fuckaround.org> escribió:
> > Hi all! This is my first post :-)
> > 
> > I try to patch postfix and I want be sure that my procedure is correct
> > :-)
> > 
> > apt-get source postfix and I see:
> > 
> > f 215552 Jun  3 13:35 postfix_2.7.1-1+squeeze1.diff.gz
> > f 1754 Jun  3 13:35 postfix_2.7.1-1+squeeze1.dsc
> > d 4096 Jun  3 13:35 postfix-2.7.1
> > f 3418747 Jun  3 13:35 postfix_2.7.1.orig.tar.gz
> > 
> > I go to postfix-2.7.1 dir and I patch:
> > 
> > patch -p1 < patch.x.y.z
> > 
> > everything ok
> > 
> > to rebuild I do:
> > 
> > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us
> > 
> > and I've a new postfix package
> > 
> > A question: the dir of postfix (created by system after apt-get source
> > postfix), is already patched with debian patches? or I need compile
> > debian patches to that dir?
> > 
> > Thanks and sorry for banal question :-/
> > 
> > Pol
> 
> Hi Pol,
> 
> probably you should patch the package using "quilt".

Unfortunately no: the Postfix source package looks like it's in 1.0 format, so 
there aren't any quilt patches.

  -- Chris

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Chris Knadle
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