With apt you should be able to #apt-get souce wu-ftpd #cd wu-ftpd_2.6.0 #debuild -us -us or fakeroot debian/rules binary or use dpkg-source -x file.dsc if you download by hand make sure you have deb-sec in /etc/apt/sources.list (same as deb) Once upon a time, I heard Brian Lavender said > I am trying to compile a debian package from source. I can go to the package's > web page and get the original source along with the diff. How do I apply the > patch? > > If I do a > > $ tar zxf wu-ftpd_2.6.0.orig.tar.gz > $ zcat wu-ftpd_2.6.0-4.diff.gz | patch -p1 > can't find file to patch at input line 3 > Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? > The text leading up to this was: > -------------------------- > |--- wu-ftpd-2.6.0.orig/src/ftpcount.c > |+++ wu-ftpd-2.6.0/src/ftpcount.c > -------------------------- > File to patch: > > > > I am interested in the wu-ftpd package. > > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/source/net/wu-ftpd_2.6.0.orig.tar.gz > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/source/net/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-4.diff.gz > > brian > -- > Brian Lavender > http://www.brie.com/brian/ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null > -- ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Chanop Silpa-Anan <chanop@syeng.anu.edu.au> | | Australian National University | | Tel. +61 2 6279 8826, +61 2 6279 8837 (office hour) | | +61 2 6249 5240 (home +voice mail) | | Debian GNU/BSD GPG key on request | `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'
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