On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 02:16:39PM -0500, Bolan Meek wrote: > Having a aspiration to contribute back to the Debian project > by becoming a developer, adopting an orphaned package or two, > such as xmailtool, I'm trying to work through building from > gotten sources, and find myself with some missing bits of > understanding as to exactly how a *.diff.gz is applied > to the corresponding *.orig.tar.gz. I've tried various > combinations of current working directories with > zcat name.diff.gz | patch, and getting missing file > errors on files that I can plainly see.
Get the *.dsc file along with those two, and then run dpkg-source -x *.dsc. Or unpack the tarball, enter the directory, and run zcat ../*.diff.gz | patch -p1 followed by chmod +x debian/rules, that's about the same, just more complicated. > So to my question: why are there two different names > for the hello package files, when, apparently, there is > only a version difference: (Peter answered this) > In other matters, in reading the docs with xmailtool, > I find that the authors are not actively maintaining > the source, and do not find any site mentioning > anyone else who is, so I've assayed to also become > the upstream maintainer, and have sent a notice > of intent to the authors, at the last known email > address, and have started a page at > http://www.koyote.com/users/bolan/xmailtool . > Is this correct method? Or "way" too presumptious, > having skipped some proper steps? Are the authors reachable by e-mail? -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
