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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gNewSense-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > > > > >
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