how to patch a patch
Hi, There is a list of softwares already debian packaged. The packager has applied a patch on them. I need to modify again the patched part. So, I need to patch the patch. I guess in real world I wont patch the patch, but what is the easy way to do so? I know a bit using dpatch (or is there a replacement for it? I dont remember) but then,... Thank you for your indications. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to patch a patch
On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 12:25:52AM +0200, Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby wrote: There is a list of softwares already debian packaged. The packager has applied a patch on them. I need to modify again the patched part. So, I need to patch the patch. I guess in real world I wont patch the patch, but what is the easy way to do so? I know a bit using dpatch (or is there a replacement for it? I dont remember) but then,... Thank you for your indications. Can you tell us which package it is, and exactly what you want to do? - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to patch a patch
Hi, * Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-09-11 02:28]: There is a list of softwares already debian packaged. The packager has applied a patch on them. I need to modify again the patched part. So, I need to patch the patch. I guess in real world I wont patch the patch, but what is the easy way to do so? I know a bit using dpatch (or is there a replacement for it? I dont remember) but then,... Thank you for your indications. Is the original patch also using dpatch? If yes you can simply use dpatch-edit-patch file to get into a dpatch environment, edit the files and dpatch will update the patch file for you. Cheers Nico -- Nico Golde - http://ngolde.de - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - GPG: 0x73647CFF For security reasons, all text in this mail is double-rot13 encrypted. http://people.debian.org/~nion/sponsoring-checklist.html pgpTfm8cMug0d.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: how to patch a patch
Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby wrote:
Hi,
There is a list of softwares already debian packaged.
The packager has applied a patch on them.
I need to modify again the patched part.
So, I need to patch the patch.
I guess in real world I wont patch the patch, but what is the easy way
to do so?
I know a bit using dpatch (or is there a replacement for it? I dont
remember) but then,...
Thank you for your indications.
It seems the package is using dpatch. If so, do the following:
- get the source
- copy it (pkg-vers and pkg-vers.orig)
- cd into pkg-vers
- dpatch-edit-patch patchname
- do your thing
- exit dpatch
- cd .. ; diff -u pkg-vers{.orig,}/debian/patches/patchname.dpatch
Another option is to apply the patch in both directories, do your change in
one of them, and then diff.
--
Felipe Sateler
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Re: how to patch a patch
Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I need to modify again the patched part. So, I need to patch the patch. I guess in real world I wont patch the patch, but what is the easy way to do so? Allow the patch to proceed, and then simply apply another subsequent patch that achieves the result you want. -- \ I bought a self learning record to learn Spanish. I turned it | `\on and went to sleep; the record got stuck. The next day I | _o__)could only stutter in Spanish. -- Steven Wright | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
