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Re: editing former patches



Joachim Wiedorn wrote:
> Mihamina Rakotomandimby <mihamina@gulfsat.mg> wrote on 2010-06-04 14:44:
>> When I get it with "apt-get source" the untared folder is already
>> patched.
> 
> This is the new behaviour with Debian's source format 3.0 (quilt).
> 

Nope, the slim package referred to is a 1.0 package. From what I can
tell (but I did not dig too deep) the theme is put in to the debian/
part, not sure if the build part includes it from there or not (I never
looked up the debian/rules).

>> I would like to build a separate package for themes and keep the other
>> patches, which are, I think, necessary:
>> - adding the debian/ directory
>> - patching the original code for various reasons
>>
>> How to? Would you please help me?
> 
> Simple use this command:
>   dpkg-source -x --skip-patches  foo.dsc
> 
> Then the patches will no more executed.
> 
> 
> Fondest regards,
>  Joachim Wiedorn
> 

~Niels

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