On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > No. > > Then I think we at least need a way to make quilt work without > QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches. Maybe there could be a .pc/patches file > that tells quilt where to find the debian patches and dpkg-source > would create that file (or rather quilt when it gets called by > dpkg-source the first time).
Why not. Feel free to work towards this. > >> Additionaly I think it would be nice to be able to rename the > >> debian/patches/debian-changes-version file or merge it into a previous > >> patch. Maybe we could have > > > > Same answer, it's not really dpkg's businees IMO. > > Running quilt rename does not alter the .dpkg-source-applied file and > dpkg-source currently insists on using that file even when using > quilt. Any objection to making dpkg-source not create that file in > quilt mode? .dpkg-source-applied is not used by dpkg-source, it's only created by dpkg-source for the purpose of analysis by some external tool. I'm not convinced that it was a wise choice, but it's difficult to back out now that the existence of this file is documented in the stable dpkg. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Contribuez à Debian et gagnez un cahier de l'admin Debian Lenny : http://www.ouaza.com/wp/2009/03/02/contribuer-a-debian-gagner-un-livre/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
