Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, MJ Ray wrote: > > Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 4. Debian should provide patches of changes between two revisions of a > > > package to make it easier for derivatives to track Debian. [...] > > Is this an automated debdiff or what? > > It's the idea, yes. Except that for new upstream version it needs to be a > bit clever to provide only changes to the packaging and not upstream > change.
v1src=$(mktemp -d -t) v2src=$(mktemp -d -t) dpkg-source -x -su v1.dsc $v1src dpkg-source -x -su v2.dsc $v2src combinediff <((debdiff v1.dsc v2.dsc)) <((diff -ruN $v2src.orig $v1src.orig)) # not right, but hopefully not far off > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU > MOTU are the Ubuntu developers working on their universe component (and > "Ubuntu core developers" can work on everything). Thanks for the answer. It's some sort of Ubuntu developer. Any more than that and I'm probably going to get more questions than I need. Best wishes, -- MJR/slef Laux nur mia opinio: vidu http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Bv sekvu http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]