John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 06:12:34PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> > diff also doesn't preserve permissions, so some are using debian/rules >> > anyway. >> >> Indeed but that can make thing broke due the wrong permission of >> upstream files, iff you use darcs to maintain those fixes mixed with >> changes for packaging. > > It's true that it *can* happen, but it rarely *does* happen, and when it > does, there are easy workarounds.
Indeed. > I do use darcs to track patches against upstream. I really don't > understand the whole cdbs/dpatch/whatever thing -- why use a hack to > manage your patches when you could use a real VC tool that does it > better? Well, it's a bit different point of view. I use both ways of doing that. Sometimes is good to have the patches as files to make easier to merge with upstream ... -- O T A V I O S A L V A D O R --------------------------------------------- E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 5906116 GNU/Linux User: 239058 GPG ID: 49A5F855 Home Page: http://www.freedom.ind.br/otavio --------------------------------------------- "Microsoft gives you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]