Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source

[Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:00:03AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > So, I downloaded the upstream source, downloaded the most recent
> > version of the Debian Package, so that I have a Debian source tree.
> 
> Is the upstream source you downloaded, different from the upstream source
> (the ‘….orig.tar.gz’) to which the Debian packaging is intended to apply?
> 
> Especially when patches are needed, you shouldn't expect those patches
> to apply to anything except the exact upstream version. The work of a
> Debian package maintainer includes re-working the patches for each version.

OIC That's most likely the issue - I'll be patient and wait for
the Debian maintainer to update.

Thanks all!