Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What i use to do is either :
>
> 1) just apply the diff file to the new package, chmod +x debian/rules, and
> check that nothing broke.
>
>and once in a while i also do :
>
> 2) do a dh_make on the new upstream source, and one by one migrate the stuff
> done for the previous version to the new version. this needs :
>
> -> applying all patches to the upstream source that are still needed.
>
> -> modifying debian/rules os that it does the same things as the previous
> version
>
> -> copy the debian/changelog file and add a new entry there. (is there a
> tool for doing this, or do i need to do it by hand like i currently do ?)
debchange (in the devscripts package).
> -> copy the rest of the stuff, checking it is still needed/don't need to
> be modified.
Sounds like a large amount of extra error-prone work to me, although I
suppose running dh_make every so often is one way of keeping some bits
of policy vaguely up to date. I just use uscan/uupdate to unpack the new
source and try to apply the old diffs for me.
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Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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