Tim wrote: > Andrew Nelson wrote: > > >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365282 >> >> I was able to fix this problem by getting the deb source, applying the >> patch and building the deb and finally installing the newly build deb. >> >> //andy >> > I've downloaded the source and applied the patch, but I have no idea how to > make a deb from this patched source. > How do I make a package from this source tree? >
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html Here's what I did -- compdeandy% cd /usr/src/apt compdeandy% mkdir xorg-cruft compdeandy% cd xorg-cruft compdeandy% ls compdeandy% apt-get source xserver-xorg Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Need to get 740kB of source archives. Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main xorg 1:7.0.15 (dsc) [907B] Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main xorg 1:7.0.15 (tar) [739kB] Fetched 740kB in 9s (82.0kB/s) gpg: Signature made Thu Apr 27 23:30:17 2006 CDT using DSA key ID D63469DF gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found dpkg-source: extracting xorg in xorg-7.0.15 dpkg-source: unpacking xorg_7.0.15.tar.gz compdeandy% wget 'http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/xserver-xorg-1%253A7.0.15-preinst-fix-swb.patch?bug=365282;msg=10;att=1' -O xserver-xorg-1:7.0.15-preinst-fix-swb.patch --09:19:19-- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/xserver-xorg-1%253A7.0.15-preinst-fix-swb.patch?bug=365282;msg=10;att=1 => `xserver-xorg-1:7.0.15-preinst-fix-swb.patch' Resolving bugs.debian.org... 140.211.166.43 Connecting to bugs.debian.org|140.211.166.43|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: unspecified [text/x-patch] [ <=> ] 795 --.--K/s 09:19:21 (94.25 KB/s) - `xserver-xorg-1:7.0.15-preinst-fix-swb.patch' saved [795] compdeandy% cd xorg-7.0.15/debian compdeandy% patch -p0 < ../../xserver-xorg-1:7.0.15-preinst-fix-swb.patch patching file xserver-xorg.config.in compdeandy% cd .. compdeandy% dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b dpkg-buildpackage: source package is xorg dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 1:7.0.15 dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by David Nusinow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture i386 . . . compdeandy% cd .. compdeandy% ls libglu1-xorg-dev_7.0.15_all.deb libglu1-xorg_7.0.15_all.deb x-window-system-core_7.0.15_all.deb x-window-system_7.0.15_all.deb x11-common_7.0.15_i386.deb xlibmesa-dri_7.0.15_all.deb xlibmesa-gl-dev_7.0.15_all.deb xlibmesa-gl_7.0.15_all.deb xlibs-data_7.0.15_all.deb xlibs-static-dev_7.0.15_all.deb xorg-7.0.15 xorg-dev_7.0.15_all.deb xorg_7.0.15.dsc xorg_7.0.15.tar.gz xorg_7.0.15_all.deb xorg_7.0.15_i386.changes xserver-xfree86_7.0.15_all.deb xserver-xorg-1:7.0.15-preinst-fix-swb.patch xserver-xorg-input-all_7.0.15_i386.deb xserver-xorg-video-all_7.0.15_i386.deb xserver-xorg_7.0.15_all.deb compdeandy% I don't remember what debs I installed but you definately need "xserver-xorg_7.0.15_all.deb". Hope this helps //andy //andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
