PatchingSourcePackages
Revision 3 as of 2012-11-06 10:34:59
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For future reference: edit-patch, sbuild
Patch source package, commit patch, and upload to PPA for testing
Test locally First
Add the patch with: patch -p1 <mypatch Build package for local testing (without signing): dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -nc
Ready to upload
- Commit changes and make it a patch: dpkg-source --commit Edit Changelog: dch -i Build new source for upload: debuild -S -sd (Use -k if keysign failed)
Upload to ppa: dput ppa:your-lp-id/ppa ../<new_source.changes>
If there was an upload error, and you need to do it again, delete the ppa files found in the same folder as the source.change file.