This patch is a simple solution; it checks for the existence of DEB_SRCDIR before populating $reversepatches. If the directory does not exist, the patch list will be empty and so no reverse patching will be attempted.
$ diff -u simple-patchsys.mk.orig simple-patchsys.mk --- simple-patchsys.mk.orig 2006-12-06 13:52:56.000000000 +0000 +++ simple-patchsys.mk 2006-12-06 13:53:54.000000000 +0000 @@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ @set -e ; reverse=""; patches="$(DEB_PATCHES)"; \ if [ "$@" = "reverse-patches" ]; then \ reverse="-R"; \ - for patch in $$patches; do reversepatches="$$patch $$reversepatches"; done; \ + if [ -d $(DEB_SRCDIR) ]; then \ + for patch in $$patches; do reversepatches="$$patch $$reversepatches"; done; \ + fi; \ patches="$$reversepatches"; \ fi; \ for patch in $$patches; do \ -- Oliver Elphick olly@lfix.co.uk Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/A54310EA 92C8 39E7 280E 3631 3F0E 1EC0 5664 7A2F A543 10EA ======================================== Do you want to know God? http://www.lfix.co.uk/knowing_god.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]