No, you can't use %p in a patch file.  The preferred method,  
apparently, is to put something like:
@PREFIX@ in the patch file where you would want %p, then use:

PatchScript: sed 's|@PREFIX@|%p|g' <%a/%n.patch | patch -p1

in your .info file.

See the packaging manual.

Peace
- John


On Sep 18, 2007, at 11:10 AM, Koen van der Drift wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to use %p in a patch file? I vaguely remember a  
> while ago there was a reason not to do this, but I forgot exactly  
> what. I haven't been following the latest developments of the  
> project either, so I don't know if this has been changed.
>
> Basically, what I need to do is to update some paths in makefile.pl  
> so that it can find the right headers and libraries. Adding a patch  
> file in this case (IMHO) is much easier than to add a Patch field  
> in the info file. Unless someone knows a good way to change using  
> the Patch field:
>
> if (-d "$EMB_ROOT/include") {
>     $EMB_INC = "-I$EMB_ROOT/include";
> }
>
> into this:
>
> if (-d "$EMB_ROOT/include") {
>      $EMB_INC = "-I/%p/include/EMBOSS -I/%p/include/eplplot";
> }
>
>
> thanks,
>
> - Koen.
>
>
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