Re: How to compare source package contents between revisions with 3.0 quilt format

[Olivier Berger <olivier.berger@it-sudparis.eu>]

Le samedi 04 septembre 2010 à 20:36 +0300, Peter Pentchev a écrit :
> On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 06:57:14PM +0200, Olivier Berger wrote:
> > Le dimanche 05 septembre 2010 à 00:17 +0900, Ansgar Burchardt a écrit :
> > > Olivier Berger <olivier.berger@it-sudparis.eu> writes:
> > > 
> > > > Is there a replacement for interdiff -z to be able to compare contents
> > > > of source packages, when using the 3.0 (quilt) format ?
> > > 
> > > debdiff can show the changes between two *.dsc files and also works with
> > > the new source format.
> > > 
> > 
> > Yes, but AFAICT, it can't compare contents of the source files, in
> > particular contents of the debian/ subdir, i.e. compare modified
> > patches, scripts and control files, right ?
> 
> Erm, when I just tried it:
> 
>   debdiff file1.dsc file2.dsc
> 
> ...produced a "diff -Nru" unified diff, showing the changes I'd made
> to the debian/* files.  Isn't that what you're looking for?
> 
> G'luck,

Thanks alot. Exactly what I needed.

Best regards,
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