tag 236265 + moreinfo On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 03:32:40AM -0600, Mike Mestnik wrote: > Package: xfree86 > Severity: wishlist > > I would like to start running debians XFree86. However there are some > features I use on a regular basis that I'd need [1]patched in. I put the > patch in ./debian/patches and ran buildpackage. It stoped claming there was > an error applying my patch, there was but I just ignore these things till it > stops gcc. I was wondering what steps are to be taken to properly add > patches too the xfree86 source? It would seam like an awfull task to merge > in the patch and then create another patch, is there a helper app? > > The other problem I have is that if I change a file, ohh wait you can't do > that untill you unpack the tar. Ok now I have to repack the tar but by the > time I found this ought my changes where lost. Shoulden't this tar be > unpacked by apt source and then a patch applyied, this patch could contain > your patches and the patching scripts. Just a thought. The problem here is > that it takes forever to repack the tar, unpacking it is not a big deal. > > [1] > http://www.botchco.com/alex/radeon/mergedfb/cvs/DRI/final/mergedfb-dri.diff > > It may turn ought that building all of X will not sute my needs. As I have > allready stoped roling my own kernels since it's just too long of a build.
The XFree86 source package uses dbs (Doogie's Build System). The documentation in /usr/share/doc/dbs should be useful to help you understand how to manage patches. There is also the debian/README file in the source package, of course. Please let us know if it this suffices. -- G. Branden Robinson | Why should I allow that same God Debian GNU/Linux | to tell me how to raise my kids, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | who had to drown His own? http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Robert Green Ingersoll
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