On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 03:35:45PM -0700, David Mosberger wrote: > Chuck asked me for a recipe to apply the patch. I'm no Debian expert, > but here is the hack I was using to patch libfreetype (from memory, > hopefully without too many errors): > > $ apt-get source libfreetype6 > # apt-get build-dep libfreetype6 > $ cd freetype-2.1.7 > $ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot > *** hit Ctrl-C once compilation starts *** > $ touch build-stamp > $ cd freetype-2.1.7 > $ patch -p1 < fix.diff > $ cd .. > $ fakeroot debian/rules binary > # dpkg -i ../libfreetype6_2.1.7-2.1_ia64.deb > > Bdale is probably getting fits over abusing dpkg like this... ;-) > > I'm sure someone else can suggest a cleaner & more reliable method.
Kind of. Unfortunately, this is one of the harder debian packages to do it to. Most packages let you just put an additional patch in the debian/patches/ directory and maybe edit a file. With this one, you need to put the patch in debian/patches/ and edit debian/rules round about line 150 to apply the patch. Bleh. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain
