On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:47:05AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog a écrit : > > > > > - When modifying a package that uses dpatch, quilt or simple-patchsys, > > > developpers have to find out by themselves if the target for patching > > > the sources is patch, apply-patches or apply-dpatches. > > > > Once the new dpkg-source format is in standard use, those rules disappear > > completely... because they are no more needed during build. > > I must have missed something. I thought that the new format was to keep > the debian directory in a tar.gz format. With this format, people who > want to modify upstream sources will have to use a patch system. What is > the plan to make the patch targets in debian/rules unneeded?
If the patch are applied by default, there's no need to apply them again at build time. Then quilt/dpatch tools will only be used by the packager to modify/updated its patch serie during maintenance but the tool won't be needed during recompilation (and thus doesn't need to be in Build-Depends). Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]