On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 07:50:11AM -0600, Joseph Smidt wrote: > I have a package that needs four pactches. I put the four patches into > debian/patches and cdbs patches just fine. I want not use cdbs if possible > for I am confused at how exactly it is working, but what debhelper command > do you use to patch? I see none listed under "man debhelper", no dh_patch > or anything. I tried using dpatch but it complained it couldn't understand > the .patch files syntax even when I changed them to have .dpatch endings. > I'm sure I'm not doing it correctly. How do you correctly apply .patch > files without cdbs? At this point you should probably learn to use dpkg v2 source archives, which allow patches without "third party" patch applying code (and build deps).
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/06/msg00010.html dpatch uses a "patch patch" format, where the first column is all pluses; they're really ugly. > Do you just have to hardcode all the "patch" commands into > debian/rules? Some people do this ("cat debian/patches/* |patch -p1 && touch ./patched"), but it is generally not encouraged. In particular, related patches need to have an ordering applied, and "cat *" can't guarantee that ordering with eg. reiserfs. You could use ls |sort but at that point you might as well just do it the right way.. Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
