On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 12:55:17PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > Anyone have a pointer or notes on patching a debian source package and > rebuiding? > > I want to fix a broken package. I have notes from patching a source > package in the past, but they don't agree with what I'm seeing when I > try it now or from what I can find on google. > > Can my google skills be that bad? All I could find was this: > > http://lists.fivecolleges.net/pipermail/fclug/2003-August/003699.html > > And here's my notes, which seem incomplete now: > > apt-get source will download a few files, so it's nice to start in a new dir > $ mkdir <package> && cd <package> > $ apt-get source <package> > $ cd <package>-<version) > (Modify the source as you like.) > > now update the package's version and build > $ dch -v 0.9.3-2+local.1 > $ debuild -rfakeroot -uc -us > $ cd .. > # dpkg -i <package>-0.9.3-2+local.1_i386.deb > > very simple. > > But when I try it now I don't see the sources uncompressed. > ...
They are uncompressed during the build process. You can figure out how it's done by examine debian/rules. In this particular case you should run "./debian/rules work". Keep in mind that work is a temporary directory, and I think it will be removed by dpkg-buildpackage that is called by debuild. You should add your patch to the dist directory instead. Regards, Mikael Magnusson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
