Hi, On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 11:22:38AM -0500, Seamus de Mora wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 6:23 AM Guido Günther <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > My second commit will be the "fix" to 'dhcpcd' - the same fix I submitted > > > to the upstream source, and raspbian about a month ago. > > > > > > I think that means I should now begin reading `gbp-pq` in earnest, and > > > follow up when questions arise. > > > > …or put the patch into `debian/patches` and adjust the series file > > (either manually or via quilt) and commit that to git. This will allow > > you to proceed without having to learn yet another tool (gbp-pq) which > > is just there to make that task simpler. > > > Thank you for the suggestion. It's a good one, and I'd follow it except for > my wish to have a "baseline" commit that matches "exactly" with the state > of the apt source package maintained by Raspbian. This may be nonsensical > reasoning, but in my present early learning phase, it strikes me as a > logical point of departure.
That's what `gbp-import-dsc` gives you, no? > I've posted a "recipe" in my RPi repo on GitHub that details how to > manually repair the source code error, then build and install 'dhcpcd'. > Consequently I don't feel any urgency to get the new 'dhcpcd5' repo pushed > out. FYI - I hope to use this time to ponder a few more questions: > > - how to add support for 'buster'? > - how to (and if I should even try) incorporating the 8.1.3 - 8.1.9 > releases from the 'dhcpcd' upstream sources? > - linking the 'package' version # to the version # reported by 'dhcpcd' ? > - how to verify my package complies with Debian standards? These should be answered by gbp's manual and Debian's packaging information. Also the debian-mentors list might help with questions regarding packaging and tools for packaging verification like lintian. Cheers, -- Guido > > So - a few more things to think about, but I feel I'm making progress :) > > Thnx, > ~S _______________________________________________ git-buildpackage mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sigxcpu.org/mailman/listinfo/git-buildpackage
