Re: The canonical way of making a local modification to a package.

[Nemeth Gyorgy <friczy@freemail.hu>]

2017-06-19 01:03 keltezéssel, Anders Wegge Keller írta:
> Hi Debian User!
>
>  I write to you, because it's that time again. You know, we've gotten a
> brand new release, and I have to spend yet a day or two in frustration over
> why python isn't enabled in the inn2 package.
>
>  This time, however, I want to ask beforehand, what the proper way of doing
> such a local modification is. Strictly speaking, I need to add a single line
> to debian/rules, and for good measure, add to the version string (so I know
> that it's my own problem), and for good measure, throw in a snide comment in
> the changelog about deficient distro defaults. The ideal solution would be
> something that can be scripted to happen automatically, each time the
> package in Stretch change version.
>
>  Can anyone give me the ELI5 instructions for the above?
>
I am not sure, but you can try dpkg-repack, perhaps it can help.