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NAME

dbs-edit-patch − Edit a DBS patch

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

dbs−edit−patch is script to generate or modify patches for Debian source−packages in DBS format.

OPTIONS

−h, −−help

Show summary of options.

−t, −−tmpdir t

directory for the temporary files, default is /tmp or if set $TMP.

−s, −−sourcedir s

Top level directory of the debian−package source−tree, default is the present working directory.

−p patch

Striplevel −p of patch (Option −p of diff(1) ), accepted values are 0 and 1, default is 0.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

EXAMPLES

Edit the 021_debian patch of Heimdal:

~/heimdal−0.3d$ dbs−edit−patch −t/tmp 021_debian
Extracting source heimdal−0.3d.tar.gz ... successful.
Applying patch 001_replay ... successful.
etc.
Copying heimdal−0.3d to heimdal−0.3d−old ... successful.
Applying patch 021_debian ... successful.

Edit files under /tmp/021_debian/heimdal−0.3d as required, then execute /tmp/021_debian/dbs_update_patch to save the results.

Technote: dbs−edit−patch extracts the original source code into /tmp/021_debian/heimdal−0.3d, applies all patches before 021_debian, copies the result to /tmp/021_debian/heimdal−0.3d−old, and applies the last patch 021_debian (if it exists). Also, it creates a shell archive which will create the diff between the old and new directories:

~/heimdal−0.3d$ ls −l /tmp/021_debian
total 12
−rwxr−xr−x 1 bam users 112 Jan 31 13:31 dbs−update−patch*
drwxr−xr−x 14 bam users 4096 Jan 31 13:31 heimdal−0.3d/
drwxr−xr−x 14 bam users 4096 Jan 31 13:31 heimdal−0.3d−old/
~/heimdal−0.3d$ cat /tmp/021_debian/dbs−update−patch
#!/bin/sh
diff −ruN /tmp/021_debian/heimdal−0.3d /tmp/021_debian/heimdal−0.3d−old > ./debian/patches/021_debian

SEE ALSO

diff(1), /usr/share/doc/dbs/*, http://snoopy.apana.org.au/~bam/debian/faq/#dbs

AUTHOR

DBS was written by Adam Heath, modified by Ben Collins, modified and packaged for Debian by Brian May. This manpage was generated by Andreas Metzler.