On Tue Feb 05 23:34, Charles Plessy wrote: > Case 1: It is because all the changes were in the diff.gz. > > Case 2: It is because a clean way of applying the contents of > debian/patches has been developped and used. > > In that case, unless "dpkg-source -b" has been similarly engineered to > turn the new changes into a new patch, things will fail when > "debian/rules clean" calls the unpatch rule and the changes overlap an > existing patch. > > Case 3: It is because the sources have been packed patched. > > In that case, "dpkg-source -b" is expected to work.
Don't forget: Case 4: Some wig&pen or patches.tar.gz source format which can apply the patches on unpack (maybe this is Case 2.5). It solves the "don't trust debian/rules" problem. Matt -- Matthew Johnson
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