gregor herrmann wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:56:24AM +0100, Bastian Venthur wrote: > >>I've noticed that some packages contain a debian/patches-dir and I'm curious >>how this works. > > debian/patches is used by dpatch, the necessary information should be > available in man dpatch. > >>Can someone explain to me how to apply patches to upstream sources "the >>right way" or point me to an appropriate document? > > There are always more than one ways ;-) For example: forget about dpatch and change the sources directly. Your changes will appear in the diff.gz dpatch&co is pretty good for managing complex changes, but if you need to only make minor changes dpatch is overkill. IMMV. dam -- Damyan Ivanov Creditreform Bulgaria divanov@creditreform.bg http://www.creditreform.bg/ phone: +359(2)928-2611, 929-3993 fax: +359(2)920-0994 mob. +359(88)856-6067 dam@jabber.minus273.org/Gaim
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