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. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]