Sam I was trying to compare the files in linux-2.6 between parkes and squeeze to learn more about what is different in that case.
For squeeze I went to https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/linux-2.6 and there were two source files at the bottom of the page. linux-2.6_2.6.32.orig.tar.gz and linux-2.6_2.6.32-48squeeze4.diff.gz. The former contained the source files from upstream as usual. However the latter was the debian directory though in the form of a diff file rather than the source which seems the usual case for most packages. So the latter contained content like: --- linux-2.6-2.6.32.orig/debian/templates/image.plain.bug/include-usb +++ linux-2.6-2.6.32/debian/templates/image.plain.bug/include-usb @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +add_usb() { + echo '** USB devices:' >&3 + lsusb >&3 2>/dev/null || echo 'not available' >&3 + echo >&3 +} + +ask_usb() { + # This information shouldn't vary much between kernel versions, so + # include it anyway. + test $same_system = nop || add_usb +} Questions: 1. Why did they use the diff file format rather than regular source in a tar ball? Wheezy did it in the usual way with files linux_3.2.54.orig.tar.xz and linux_3.2.54-2.debian.tar.xz 2. Is there a tool (and command line) to convert the diff file to actual source (debian directory and subdirectories)? Thanks Dennis _______________________________________________ gNewSense-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev
