On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 09:31:13PM +0100, Hereward Cooper wrote: > > The source is not contained in the .deb, so no. If you mean the .dsc, > > then you can unpack it manually by untarring the .orig.tar.gz and > > applying the .diff.gz over it (using 'zcat ../foo.diff.gz | patch -p1' > > or thereabouts). > > > Ahh. The reason I was 'playing around with it' was becuase it wasn't > creating a .diff.gz! All I've got after my cockup is the .deb, the .orig > and a big gap in my hardrive. > Back to square one then. At least it is all good experience!
Sounds to me like you didn't name your .orig.tar.gz correctly, which means it doesn't create a .diff.gz. -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
