Op Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:29:13 -0400 schreef dww <dwort...@msn.com>: > 1. Why did they use the diff file format rather than regular source > in a tar ball? > Wheezy did it in the usual way with files linux_3.2.54.orig.tar.xz and > linux_3.2.54-2.debian.tar.xz
They probably didn't get around to using quilt in Squeeze, so it still used the old format. > 2. Is there a tool (and command line) to convert the diff file to > actual source (debian directory and subdirectories)? You can grab all the source files with dget, e.g. dget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.32-48squeeze4.dsc That should automatically unpack the source package, but if it doesn't then use dpkg-source, e.g. dpkg-source -x linux-2.6_2.6.32-48squeeze4.dsc _______________________________________________ gNewSense-dev mailing list gNewSense-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev
