Re: Patching a source package
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 12:55:17PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> Anyone have a pointer or notes on patching a debian source package and
> rebuiding?
>
> I want to fix a broken package. I have notes from patching a source
> package in the past, but they don't agree with what I'm seeing when I
> try it now or from what I can find on google.
>
> Can my google skills be that bad? All I could find was this:
>
> http://lists.fivecolleges.net/pipermail/fclug/2003-August/003699.html
>
> And here's my notes, which seem incomplete now:
>
> apt-get source will download a few files, so it's nice to start in a new dir
> $ mkdir <package> && cd <package>
> $ apt-get source <package>
> $ cd <package>-<version)
> (Modify the source as you like.)
>
> now update the package's version and build
> $ dch -v 0.9.3-2+local.1
> $ debuild -rfakeroot -uc -us
> $ cd ..
> # dpkg -i <package>-0.9.3-2+local.1_i386.deb
>
> very simple.
>
> But when I try it now I don't see the sources uncompressed.
> ...
They are uncompressed during the build process. You can figure out how
it's done by examine debian/rules. In this particular case you should
run "./debian/rules work". Keep in mind that work is a temporary
directory, and I think it will be removed by dpkg-buildpackage that is
called by debuild. You should add your patch to the dist directory instead.
Regards,
Mikael Magnusson
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