patch or "sparse package" support under dpkg

2002-05-16 Thread Aleksey Tsalolikhin
Hi, I'm having trouble finding how to make patch packages under dpkg. Specifically I would like to make a package that would overwrite only certain files in the original package, and possibly add several new files. The package has become so large that it's inconvenient to ship/install all th

Re: patch or "sparse package" support under dpkg

2002-05-21 Thread Aleksey Tsalolikhin
On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 04:21:50PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 07:32:31AM -0700, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: > > I'm having trouble finding how to make patch packages under dpkg. > > > > Specifically I would like to make a package that would

Re: patch or "sparse package" support under dpkg

2002-05-22 Thread Aleksey Tsalolikhin
On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 10:03:40AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 01:39:52AM -0700, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: > > > > Looks like dpkg-divert is a way to > > "put a write-protect tab" on a particular file, as far as new > > package in