On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 08:35:11PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > I am trying to build my own version of a package and I am trying to > reuse the existing package files since I don't know how to create them > myself. > Currently I am trying to build the diff for the source trio > (orig.tar.gz/diff.gz/.dsc). The problem is that using the standard diff > arguments diff -ruN doesn't work. dpkg-source -x returns an error for > the diff line (the first one in the file) and for the file dates that > diff adds. > What are the arguments for diff to build a diff file that dpkg-source -x > accepts?
Don't attempt to do it yourself using diff. Simply build the new package with dpkg-buildpackage, which will invoke dpkg-source properly to build a valid source archive. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
