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.
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:
9 for where in ./ ../ ../../ ../../../ ../../../../ ../../../../../; do
10 if [ -e ${where}debian/rules -a -d ${where}debian/patches ]; then
11 export QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches
16 To get the fully patched source after unpacking the source package, cd to
17 the root level of the source package and run:
21 The last patch listed in debian/patches/series will become the current
24 To add a new set of changes, first run quilt push -a, and then run:
28 where <patch> is a descriptive name for the patch, used as the filename in
29 debian/patches. Then, for every file that will be modified by this patch,
34 before editing those files. You must tell quilt with quilt add what files
35 will be part of the patch before making changes or quilt will not work
36 properly. After editing the files, run:
40 to save the results as a patch.
42 Alternately, if you already have an external patch and you just want to
43 add it to the build system, run quilt push -a and then:
45 quilt import -P <patch> /path/to/patch
48 (add -p 0 to quilt import if needed). <patch> as above is the filename to
49 use in debian/patches. The last quilt push -a will apply the patch to
50 make sure it works properly.
52 To remove an existing patch from the list of patches that will be applied,
57 You may need to run quilt pop -a to unapply patches first before running