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34 lines
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HOW TO UNPACK A DEBIAN SOURCE PACKAGE
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There are two kinds of Debian source packages: old ones and new ones.
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A. Old ones look like this:
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hello-1.3-4.tar.gz
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hello-1.3-4.diff.gz
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You unpack them by untarring the .tar.gz. There is NO need to apply
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the diff.
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B. New ones look like this:
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hello_1.3-11.dsc
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hello_1.3-11.diff.gz
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hello_1.3-11.orig.tar.gz - note the `.orig' part
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Here you MUST use dpkg-source or apply the diff manually - see below.
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If you have `dpkg-source' you should put the files in the same
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directory and type `dpkg-source -x <whatever>.dsc'.
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If you do not you can extract the Debian source as follows:
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1. untar P_V.orig.tar.gz.
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2. rename the resulting P-V.orig directory to P-V. If some other
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directory results, rename *it* to P-V.
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3. mkdir P-V/debian.
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4. apply the diff with patch -p0.
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5. do `chmod +x P-V/debian/rules'
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(where P is the package name and V the version.)
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C. There are some packages where the Debian source is the upstream
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source. In this case there will be no .diff.gz and you can just use
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the .tar.gz. If a .dsc is provided you can use `dpkg-source -x'.
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-- Ian Jackson <ijackson@gnu.ai.mit.edu> Sat, 31 Aug 1996
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