Hi, On Sun, May 01, 2022 at 06:28:48AM -0500, Seamus de Mora wrote: > I am under the impression that the gbp-import-dsc command in > git-buildpackage (gbp) is designed to translate or convert (import) a > *traditional* Debian source repository into a structure/format suitable for > deployment and distribution using git (locally) and (for example) GitLab > and GitHub as a remote, publicly available repository. If I've gotten this > wrong, please let me know. > > Some background on my objective: I discovered a bug in a program I use > frequently on Raspberry Pi: *dhcpcd*. The *dhcpcd* upstream sources are in > this > GitHub repo <https://github.com/NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd>. I submitted a > PR against the upstream sources, and the author accepted it, but informed > me that it would not get to the downstream repos.
As Raspian is based on Debian did you try to contribute your patch to Debian? According to https://packages.qa.debian.org/d/dhcpcd5.html The current git repo for that packaging is at https://salsa.debian.org/smlx-guest/dhcpcd5 > > The *dhcpcd* source package used by the Raspberry Pi organization is not > under 'git' version control - nor is it available on their GitHub site. I > worked with the sources I downloaded using the 'apt-get source dhcpcd5' > command. I have learned enough of the basics to make the source > modifications, and build a new package (.deb) for installation & testing. > > My objective now is to put this *dhcpcd* code under 'git' version control, > and share it; i.e. publish it on my GitHub site, and potentially make > additional changes to it. I'm under the assumption that gbp can help me do > that, and that the first step is *gbp-import-dsc*. I have tried this, but > get only error messages so far. I suspect that the issue may be the current > construction of the *dsc* file used for RPi's *dhcpcd*, but I need some > help in sorting that. Can you post how you invoke the command and the full error message? > Am I in the right place to ask these questions? yes, I hope we can help, -- Guido _______________________________________________ git-buildpackage mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sigxcpu.org/mailman/listinfo/git-buildpackage
