Re: how to apply diff file
"nate" <debian-user@aphroland.org> writes:
>> I have downloaded the source file of an application (apt-get source appl).
>> Along with the .tar.gz file, I got and diff.gz file which I don't know how
>> to apply it to the .tar.gz file (after the extract of cource).
>
> last i checked apt-get source automatically extracted and patched
> the source with the diff, you can see if this is the case by checking
> to see if there is a debian/ directory within the extracted source tree
> of the app you apt-get source'd.
>
> in any case, the usual command to use with a diff is patch, be sure
> to decompress it first(gzip -d or gunzip)
...or, for completeness, if you have a .orig.tar.gz, a .diff.gz, and a
.dsc file all for the same package, you can use
'dpkg-source -x foo_1.0-1.dsc' to unpack the original source and apply
the Debian diff.
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