Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Kai Grossjohann > > (Yes, I know, old mail) > > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jérôme Marant) writes: > | > | > I think the common recipe is: > | > > | > apt-get source <package> > | > cd <package>-<version> > | > edit debian/emacsen-install and add the flavour (usually to "case $FLAVOR > in ...") > | > debuild > | > | I know that the first two and the last step are normal, but I think > | the third step (edit) gets boring really quick. > | > | Isn't there something that allows me to update the contents of the > | directory, while keeping the local edit? > > A friend of mine (Cc-ed) wrote a daemon called patchd which builds > locally tweaked packages using sbuild and a bit of magic. It seems > it's not in Debian, but he might be convinced to put it there, I > guess. :)
Do you know if we can setup such a tool on a debian machine? I wonder if we could generate packages automatically, although building Emacs may eat resources on such a machine, making admins unhappy. Cheers, PS: the emacs-snapshot packaging is soon going to be maintained through GNU Arch. -- Jérôme Marant http://marant.org
