"Lionel Elie Mamane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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apt-get source ${PACKAGE}
cp -R ${PACKAGE}-${VERSION} ${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}.pristine-deb
cd ${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}
# hack away
cd ..
diff --recursive -u ${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}.pristine-deb
${PACKAGE}-${VERSION} > descriptive_name.patch
#(add -N option to diff if appropriate)
#send descriptive_name.patch to the maintainer, probably through a bug
#report.
Um... the person wanted to build a deb and install it for testing. You
should add those to the list of commands.
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