Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.16.1.2 Severity: normal
based on the man page if I run dpkg-source --commit . patch_name foo.patch I'd expect that the original tarball would not be needed. As far as I can tell the program seems to actually ignore the third argument and tries to build the diff itself. In my case that's annoying 1) because I have to check out the tarball 2) Because there are binary file changes handled by debian/source/included-binaries that it tries to include in the diff so it barfs. Based on the man page I'd expect the three argument form of dpkg-source --commit to roughly copy the third argument into debian/patches, possibly adding a header, and opening it in an editor. Then add to the series files. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (101, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on: ii base-files 5.10 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii binutils 2.21.90.20111025-1 GNU assembler, linker and binary u ii bzip2 1.0.5-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libdpkg-perl 1.16.1.2 Dpkg perl modules ii make 3.81-8.1 An utility for Directing compilati ii patch 2.6-2 Apply a diff file to an original ii xz-utils 5.0.0-2 XZ-format compression utilities Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends: ii build-essential 11.5 Informational list of build-essent ii fakeroot 1.14.4-1 Gives a fake root environment ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.6.1-3 GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.4 [c-compiler] 4.4.6-11 GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.6 [c-compiler] 4.6.2-1 GNU C compiler ii gnupg 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii gpgv 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - signature veri ii libalgorithm-merge-perl 0.08-2 Perl module for three-way merge of Versions of packages dpkg-dev suggests: ii debian-keyring 2010.06.08 GnuPG (and obsolete PGP) keys of D -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
