On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Steve Langasek wrote: > - Custom patch commands, as already discussed. Yes, we should get rid of > them, but that doesn't make it easy to convert them. > > - Conditional application of patches. Some packages have patches that are > only applied on a per-architecture or per-target-distribution basis. > > - Patches that don't unapply cleanly after build can be dealt with via > 'rm -rf' with a custom patch system, but must be made to unapply cleanly > with v3 (quilt).
All of these can be dealt with by rewriting the patch so that it is acceptable to upstream and applied and released by them. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caktje6ep7z+2z09dmyqpy6qah-pkvqvmy2izn39qcsaquep...@mail.gmail.com
