Re: Problem with dpkg-source
> I've finally gotten around to converting libc5 to the new source
> format. I'm all done except for one little problem. dpkg-source
> doesn't like the fact that the Debianized source has additional
> directories, specifically the kernel headers in include/linux,
> include/asm-*, etc. As far as I can tell, the "-t" option being
> passed to patch is the cause of the problem as it forces patch to
> ignore patches for which an original file can't be found. What can I
> do about this?
Join the MFALFD (movement for a less fussy dpkg-source).
>From what I've heard on debian-devel, its becomming quite a strong
movement, with quite a few people complaining that we want to be able
to modify plaintext files that (in the upstream source) don't
end with a final newline, or who would like to create subdirs.
> Lumping the ~600 or so kernel header files into the
> main directory and having debian/rules sort it all out is NOT an
> option as far as I'm concerned.
As long as dpkg-source doesn't support wat we need, I guess the only
way is to create a tar.gz and then uuencede it. This can be put
in ./debian, without complaints from dpkg-source. And it should
also be usefull evidence for the dpkg-source maintainer to try
and persuade him that dpkg-source really should be a little bit
less fussy.
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