on Fri, 20 Aug 2004 06:20:21PM +0200, Florian Ernst insinuated: > Hello again! > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 10:48:09AM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > my patch is below -- what do you think? > > [...] > > <para>This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade a one > ^^ > > or more already-installed packages without upgrading every > > [...] > > That's all I'd complain about, but better ask a native speaker... ;)
damn, you caught me! corrected, thanks :) > > on Fri, 20 Aug 2004 01:22:28AM +0200, Florian Ernst insinuated: > > > This manual page is generated during build from a XML source, so best > > > download the source package, unpack it, copy it to something like > > > apt.orig and start editing the XML file(s). Once you have verified the > > > changed version still builds > > > > how do i do this? [...] is > > this the way you had in mind when you said to make sure the package > > still builds? > > Actually, no. :) > > A good start for building packages is installing the "build-essential" > and "fakeroot" packages. > Make sure you have a deb-src line in your /etc/apt/sources.list, eg. > "deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib" (but > better pick a local mirror). Then after "apt-get update" you can issue > "apt-get source apt" as non-root which will download apt_0.5.27.tar.gz > and apt_0.5.27.dsc into your current working directory and automatically > unpack it. Copy the resulting dir to something like "apt_0.5.27.orig" > and start editing the files in "apt_0.5.27". Once you are done you can > simply do a "diff -ruN apt_0.5.27.orig apt_0.5.27" to get all > differences you applied. > In order to test whether the package still builds (ie. whether the > applied changes corrupted anything) change to the source directory and > issue "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot". It will complain about any > missing build-dependencies, so you'll need to install those as well. > This last step can be made easier by simply issuing > "apt-get build-dep apt" as root. > Things get a little bit trickier when your personal working > environment differs from the unstable distribution, then it is > preferrable to create some sort of Sid-chroot using the "debootstrap" > and / or the "pbuilder" package. When doing more than a single build > I'd recommend to check the "debian-goodies" and the "devscripts" > package as well as reading the New Maintainers' Guide... okay, flo, thanks for all the explicit help. i followed your instructions & submitted a patch, and i'm bookmarking this message (and the new maintainer's guide) for future reference. thanks a ton! yaaay, my first patch submitted! :) </nori> -- .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori // \\ @ maenad.net /( )\ www.maenad.net/jnl ^`~'^ ++ Sponsor me as I run my SECOND marathon for AIDS: ++ ++ http://www.aidsmarathon.com/participant.asp?runner=DC-2844 ++
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