Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source

From	Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source
Date	2016-09-26 02:10 +0200
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Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> writes:

> So, I downloaded the upstream source, downloaded the most recent
> version of the Debian Package, so that I have a Debian source tree.

Is the upstream source you downloaded, different from the upstream source
(the ‘….orig.tar.gz’) to which the Debian packaging is intended to apply?

Especially when patches are needed, you shouldn't expect those patches
to apply to anything except the exact upstream version. The work of a
Debian package maintainer includes re-working the patches for each version.

-- 
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Ben Finney

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Building Debian Package From Upstream Source Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2016-09-25 16:50 +0200
  Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-09-25 17:10 +0200
  Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> - 2016-09-25 17:40 +0200
  Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-09-26 02:10 +0200
    Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2016-09-27 00:00 +0200
      Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-09-27 03:20 +0200
        Getting Involved with Packaging [was Re: Building Debian Package  From Upstream Source] Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2016-09-27 11:40 +0200
          Re: Getting Involved with Packaging [was Re: Building Debian Package  From Upstream Source] Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-09-27 11:50 +0200
            Re: Getting Involved with Packaging [was Re: Building Debian Package  From Upstream Source] Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2016-09-27 11:50 +0200
              Re: Getting Involved with Packaging [was Re: Building Debian  Package From Upstream Source] songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2016-09-27 16:10 +0200

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