Re: new upstream src

[Martin Schulze <joey@tapiola.Infodrom.North.DE>]

On May 1, Stephen Carpenter wrote

> then I copied the debian/ directory over into the new source
> my Q is...i sthere an easier way?
> could I have applied the patch to it? (it look slike it should have
> taken)

Yes, either by modifying the filename's lines in the patch and 
cat patch|patch -p0, or by using cvs and simply importing new
versions (cf. howto in cvs-buildpackage)

> is there a "proper" way to handle these upgrades?

This is a proper way afaik.

> over now) bu tin the future...is thi sjust how it has to be done?

Mostly, yes.  Often it's more difficult, sometimes it's easier (only
copy the debian/* files, edit changelog and you're done).

Regards,

	Joey

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