On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 7:20 AM, Brian Brazil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 3:54 AM, Peter and Jesse <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > gnome_help2gnewsense.patch is for the yelp package. It changes the
> > tooltip for the help entry in the Gnome system menu from Ubuntu to
> > gNewSense. It patches over top of other patches. I assume that this is
> > normal; it just needs to be done last. gnome_about2gnewsense.patch is
> > for the gnome-desktop package. I actually couldn't get this to work. If
>
>
> There's no package called "gnome-desktop" anywhere in Ubuntu.
>

Ah, it's the source package.

Brian

>
>
> >
> > I patch it myself, it's builds correctly, but it doesn't work if I just
> > put it in the debian/patches directory. The problem is that it patches
> > the rules file, but the output from dpkg-buildpackage shows that the
> > rules file is built before any patches are applied. I'm sure someone
> > knows how to fix this, but I haven't been able to figure it out.
>
>
> This is correct, rules files are used to run the build so are already
> parsed
> before they do anything. This however is not a problem with Builder, as we
> alter the packages before running dpkg-buildpackage. See for example:
>
> http://svn.gnewsense.svnhopper.net/gnewsense/builder/trunk/gen-launchpad-integration
>
> Could you update the patch (just one will do) so I can just apply it and
> submit?
> I upgraded my dapper dev system to hardy yesterday, so I can't do my usual
>
> testing.
>
> Docs: http://www.gnewsense.org/Builder/ModifyingANewPackage
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
> >
> > I hope this is helpful.
> > Peter Stevenson
> >
> > On Mon, 2008-24-03 at 20:18 +0000, Brian Brazil wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Peter and Jesse
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >         Hi all. I'm an undergraduate computer science student, and I
> > >         decided to
> > >         spend the summer contributing to free software. The gNewSense
> > >         HowToHelp
> > >         page suggests solving known bugs. I made a couple of patches
> > >         for bug
> > >         00002 concerning name changes from Ubuntu to gNewSense, but I
> > >         can't find
> > >         anywhere on the site that says how to submit the patch. I'm
> > >         very new to
> > >         this, so any help would be great.
> > >
> > > Send the diff to this list please.
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> >
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