On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 03:49:46PM +0100, Malte Forkel wrote: > Hello, > > I'm testing some changes to an existing package which is using format > 3.0 (quilt). I have split my changes into two patches: One modifies the > original source, one adapts files in the debian directory. > > This approach fails when I build the package due to the way dpkg-source > build the source package. As described in dpkg-source(1), it extracts > the original tarball into a temporary directory, copies the existing > debian directory and then applies all patches. But since the files in > debian have already been patched, dpkg-source fails because my second > patch can not be applied twice.
There may be a better way, but I've used apt-build in the past to do something similar. I ran apt-build source pkg-name to download the sources. Then I modified them how I wanted, and then ran apt-build install pkg-name This is from memory, but I'm 98% sure that's how it went. HTH. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn..net gpg public key: http://www.gregn..net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-mana...@eu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140113233254.gb17...@gregn.net
