On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 08:06:28PM +0100, john gennard wrote: > 1. Early in June, Noah Meyerhans gave me advice on how to make a .deb > using 'apt-get source -b xxxx' in conjunction with 'deb-src http:// > debian.xxxx ' in /etc/apt/sources.list. > > 2. I needed to do things that way since the only .deb available to me > required glibc2.2 which I did not have and to compile from > the original source (not available from debian.org) left me with a > program not 'seen' by dpkg. > > 3. Unfortunately, the original source has a bug which means my smtp > server will not accept mail sent from the program. I've been very > fortunate to have been given assistance by someone who after > tracking down the problem has produced a patch which will correct > things. > > Now, I have the patch and the .deb created by 1. above and do not > understand how apply the patch. Can anyone help please?
You need to apply the patch before building the deb, obviously. Don't use the '-b' option to apt-get. cd /foodir apt-get source xxxx cd xxxx-* >> apply patch << fakeroot debian/rules binary su - dpkg -i /foodir/xxxx*.deb Cheers, Joost
