Re: HOW DO I Apply debian patch to original source?
I am having problems installing the wu-ftpd package from source.
The whole reason I am grabbing the source is that I want to use a more
recent version of wu-ftpd than what is available with the slink binary
packages. If I can build the package from the source files to give me
a slink compatible package, it is all the better.
I update my /etc/apt/sources.list with
http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
and then I did a
# apt-get update
$ apt-get source wu-ftpd
and it retrieved the 2.6.0 wu-ftpd. It looks as if it applied the patch for
me. I got an erro with the "debian/rules" binary though
$ cd wu-ftpd-2.6.0
$ debian/rules binary
dh_testdir
make: dh_testdir: Command not found
make: *** [build-stamp] Error 127
Do you know what this error indicates?
On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 11:37:32PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 06:24:50PM -0800, Brian Lavender wrote:
> > I posted this to the list once already, but I don't know if it made it.
> >
> > I am trying to compile a debian package from source. I can go to the package's
> > web page and get the original source along with the diff. How do I apply the
> > patch?
> >
> > If I do a
> >
> > $ tar zxf wu-ftpd_2.6.0.orig.tar.gz
> > $ zcat wu-ftpd_2.6.0-4.diff.gz | patch -p1
> > can't find file to patch at input line 3
> > Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
> > The text leading up to this was:
> > --------------------------
> > |--- wu-ftpd-2.6.0.orig/src/ftpcount.c
> > |+++ wu-ftpd-2.6.0/src/ftpcount.c
> > --------------------------
> > File to patch:
> >
> >
> >
> > I am interested in the wu-ftpd package.
> >
> > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/source/net/wu-ftpd_2.6.0.orig.tar.gz
> > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/source/net/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-4.diff.gz
>
> To create a package from the Debian source, you should also install
> dpkg-dev and download
> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/source/net/wu-ftpd_2.6.0-4.dsc
>
> Then type "dpkg-source -x wu-ftpd_2.6.0-4.dsc" (as root). This will
> unpack the source and apply the patch. You should then cd to the
> wu-ftpd-2.6.0 directory which was created and type "debian/rules binary".
> This will compile the source and create the Debian package for you.
--
Brian Lavender
http://www.brie.com/brian/
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