On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 01:17:13PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > Hello, > Is there a right way for using the source of a different > debian-package?
For ocaml, i supply an ocaml-source package for other folk to use it. > I've checked the archives, but I only found > http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2001/debian-mentors-200103/msg00253.html > which is a little bit dated and without really positive outcome. The > best suggestion was something similar to > if [ ! -e $TMPDIR/foo.tar.gz ]; then > pushd $TMPDIR > apt-get source --tar-only foo > popd > fi > > If you're wondering: The package in question would be exim v4 with the > exiscan patch applied. - It cannot simply be built from the exim4 > source-package because the patch is released more often than exim > itself (current-version is already 4.12-24). Well, why don't you simply do a package with a copy of the exim sources, and add the patch in the .diff.gz. This way you upload the source just once, and upload new .diff.gz each time there is a new version of the patches ? Friendly, Sven Luther
