Re: How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-14 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 01/14/2014 03:04 PM, Malte Forkel wrote: Am 14.01.2014 10:44, schrieb Alex Mestiashvili: I am also interested in possible solutions, but I would use git with 2 branches - one for debian package, and one for the modified version. This way by switching between branches you can build packages y

Re: How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-14 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 14.01.2014 10:47, schrieb Jonathan Dowland: > Is the package in question maintained in a version control repository > (apt-cache showsrc pkgname | grep ^Vcs might help to determine this). > If so, you could record the debian-specific changes in a commit and > either mail the commit to a bug numb

Re: How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-14 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 14.01.2014 10:44, schrieb Alex Mestiashvili: > I am also interested in possible solutions, but I would use git with 2 > branches - one for debian package, and one for the modified version. > > This way by switching between branches you can build packages you need. > Using git is probably a goo

Re: How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-14 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 01/13/2014 03:49 PM, 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 packag

Re: How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-14 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Is the package in question maintained in a version control repository (apt-cache showsrc pkgname | grep ^Vcs might help to determine this). If so, you could record the debian-specific changes in a commit and either mail the commit to a bug number or push a copy of your modified checkout somewhere (

Re: How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-13 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 14.01.2014 00:32, schrieb Gregory Nowak: > 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 f

Re: How to patch files in a package's debian directory

2014-01-13 Thread Gregory Nowak
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

Re: How to patch kernel with new kernel version scheme ?

2005-11-15 Thread Simo Kauppi
On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 12:25:50PM +0100, Markus Grunwald wrote: > Hello, Hi > How do I patch my 2.6 kernel with the new (four numbers) kernel version > scheme ? Cound't find that in the archives ( or was too dumb to use the cor= > rect > search terms...). > > To be concrete: which patch do I ne

Re: How to patch..

2004-10-05 Thread condor_rl
Eric, you give a big amount of informations and a clear view to me about lots of thinks i did not know. Now I'm sure I have to study...a lot... :) Also the link are very good! ..now I go to open a new topic on the list .. :) Thanks again Lorenzo * Eric Gaumer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031004, 09:25]

Re: How to patch..

2004-10-03 Thread Eric Gaumer
On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 01:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Eric and all boys on the list... > > > > > > > To patch the 2.6.8.1 to 2.6.8.1-mm4 should I patch to > > > 2.6.8.1-mm1, 2.6.8.1-mm2, 2.6.8.1-mm3, and at the end the 2.6.8.1-mm4? > > > Or can I patch the 2.6.8.1 only with the 2.6.8.1-mm4?

Re: How to patch..

2004-10-03 Thread condor_rl
Hi Eric and all boys on the list... > > > > To patch the 2.6.8.1 to 2.6.8.1-mm4 should I patch to > > 2.6.8.1-mm1, 2.6.8.1-mm2, 2.6.8.1-mm3, and at the end the 2.6.8.1-mm4? > > Or can I patch the 2.6.8.1 only with the 2.6.8.1-mm4? > > > > The mm4 patch is against 2.6.8-1. You should not apply m

Re: How to patch..

2004-10-02 Thread Eric Gaumer
On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 12:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I have just installed the debian kernel source package: > > kernel-source-2.6.8 This is not upstream source. That means the patches you speak of will probably fail (especially the mm patches). If you want to run from the mm tree, yo