On Sat, Mar 20, 1999 at 03:14:05PM +0200, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > I want to make a new debian package based on a new upstream release. > What is the correct way of doing this? After I extract the tar file, > do I just copy the old packages 'debian' directory? Do I apply the diffs from > the old version, on top of the new one? Is there any better way? I will RTFM, > but I would like a quick pointer nonetheless. > I hope I was not too misguiding.
One of the fastest ways there is of getting most of the work done for you in the case of MOST packages) is something like: $ cd package-1.1 $ zcat ../package_1.0-1.diff.gz | patch -p1 $ chmod +x debian/rules From here, if the patch was 100% successful, just edit the changelog and build a new package. Good luck. => -- Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux developer PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBE The Source Comes First! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- <Knghtbrd> you people are all insane. <Joey> knight: sure, that's why we work on Debian. <JHM> Knghtbrd: get in touch with your inner nutcase.
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