Re: Q. about Tinkering with Debian Source Code

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> When I use "apt source sl" (from sid, into its own directory) and compare
> that tree (?) with what I get if I download via what that suggests (git
> clone https://salsa.debian.org/debian/sl.git) (into its own directory), I
> notice that the Makefile in the Debian version is slightly
> more complex.

I believe the difference should be that "apt source sl" will have
applied the patches that you can find in the `debian/patches`
subdirectory of the https://salsa.debian.org/debian/sl.git version.


        Stefan