+++ Ben Longbons [2013-04-25 09:22 -0700]: > Package: general > Severity: wishlist > > Introduction: > This is my attempt at explaining exactly what frustrations prevent me from > doing anything with Debian packages, and how another distro (Gentoo) does > it better. The fact that Gentoo is a source-based distro is irrelevant.
Not entirely irrelevant, as you admit yourself later. And I think you are rather more familiar with gentoo than debian so stuff seems simpler because you already know what to do. The converse applies too. > patch: > Debian: > - After trying to make local changes, it said: dpkg-source --commit > - But it is tedious when you already have a full patch from upstream. actually this is just the same in Debian as in Gentoo: put the patch in debian/patches and add its name to debian/patches/series Applying the patch to the sources first and doing dpkg-source --commit (*as above) also works (more reliably as it forces you to check that the patch actually applies here). Neither seems hard to me. > Gentoo: > - Assume that you're competent enough to get ahold of a patch. > - Add the patch to files/ (which is shared between all versions of > the package, though you can of course use a different name). > - Add the filename to the PATCHES=() variable, remanifest. > revert: > Debian: > - no clue, it keeps trying to readd the changes and it's not obvious > how to wipe the working tree. Remove the patchname from debian/patches/series. Seems equivalent to your Gentoo example to me. > Gentoo: > - Remove the filename from the PATCHES=() variable, remanifest. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130425190902.ga2...@stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk
