Re: Transition from dpkg to GNU install-info

On Fri, 24 Apr 2009, Norbert Preining wrote: > Since that are 67 files and a bit less packages I guess we have to go > thorugh the "mass bug filing" thingy on d-d? Right? In theory yes, but since those are real bugs in the documentation I think nobody will complain if you omit that step (and you'r

dpkg-buildpackage vendor hook for environment variable changes?

I'd like to add a vendor hook to dpkg-buildpackage for changing default environment variables. The Ubuntu diff I'm trying to eradicate is as follows: diff -Nru dpkg-1.14.24/scripts/dpkg-buildpackage.pl dpkg-1.14.24ubuntu1/scripts/dpkg-buildpackage.pl --- dpkg-1.14.24/scripts/dpkg-buildpackage.pl

RFC: should there be a dpkg-edit-patch

Hi, I recently converted a few local packages from dpatch to 3.0 (quilt) format. But now I wonder what the equivalent of dpatch-edit-patch foo is. Ok, as quilt user I know I can do QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches quilt pop/push quilt add file sensible-editor file QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches quilt

Re: RFC: should there be a dpkg-edit-patch

On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > But what if the package was unpacked without quilt? Or the user is not > familiar with quilt? Having to add files before editing takes getting > used to. Well, standardizing is interesting because one has to learn only one system and this system i