debian/README.source

   1 This package uses quilt to manage all modifications to the upstream
   2 source.  Changes are stored in the source package as diffs in
   3 debian/patches and applied during the build.
   4
   5 To configure quilt to use debian/patches instead of patches, you want
   6 either to export QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches in your environment
   7 or use this snippet in your ~/.quiltrc:
   8
   9     for where in ./ ../ ../../ ../../../ ../../../../ ../../../../../; do
  10         if [ -e ${where}debian/rules -a -d ${where}debian/patches ]; then
  11                 export QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches
  12         fi
  13     done
  14
  15 To get the fully patched source after unpacking the source package, cd to
  16 the root level of the source package and run:
  17
  18     quilt push -a
  19
  20 The last patch listed in debian/patches/series will become the current
  21 patch.
  22
  23 To add a new set of changes, first run quilt push -a, and then run:
  24
  25     quilt new <patch>
  26
  27 where <patch> is a descriptive name for the patch, used as the filename in
  28 debian/patches.  Then, for every file that will be modified by this patch,
  29 run:
  30
  31     quilt add <file>
  32
  33 before editing those files.  You must tell quilt with quilt add what files
  34 will be part of the patch before making changes or quilt will not work
  35 properly.  After editing the files, run:
  36
  37     quilt refresh
  38
  39 to save the results as a patch.
  40
  41 Alternately, if you already have an external patch and you just want to
  42 add it to the build system, run quilt push -a and then:
  43
  44     quilt import -P <patch> /path/to/patch
  45     quilt push -a
  46
  47 (add -p 0 to quilt import if needed). <patch> as above is the filename to
  48 use in debian/patches.  The last quilt push -a will apply the patch to
  49 make sure it works properly.
  50
  51 To remove an existing patch from the list of patches that will be applied,
  52 run:
  53
  54     quilt delete <patch>
  55
  56 You may need to run quilt pop -a to unapply patches first before running
  57 this command.