On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 11:57:02AM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > > 1. tar zxvf upstream_src.tgz > > 2. Apply the .diff that was generated when I produced 0.26.2 (and get rid > > of the files like changelog, control etc.) > > I usually extract the new one (or apply a patch if that is the method), > gunzip -dc old_version.diff.gz > somefile, then edit that 'somefile' and > replace all instances of progdirectory-1.2.0 with progdirectory-1.2.1. > Then apply that new diff with patch -p0 < somefile. And then clean up the > .rej and .orig files and apply the missing stuff manually.
The editing isn't necessary. Simply patch -p1 < somefile and it will ignore the first directory component (the versioned directory). > > BTW rename upstream_src.tgz to aspell_0.27.orig.tar.gz so that it gets > recognized by dpkg-buildpackage automatically. > > > 3. dh_make and try to build? > > dh_make should IMHO be used only for new packagings. When you already > have a good debian/* and others, why start again with default files? Indeed. Don't use dh_make for an upgrade. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
