DPATCH(7) - Linux man page online | Overview, conventions, and miscellany
Self applying patch.
Chapter
Dec 13 2011
DPATCH(7) dpatch DPATCH(7)
NAME
debian/patches/script.dpatch - self applying patchSYNOPSIS
debian/patches/script.dpatch -patch [directory] debian/patches/script.dpatch -unpatch [directory] debian/patches/script.dpatch -pkg-custom [directory]DESCRIPTION
A dpatch is a program that modifies the source tree in a given directory. How it does that is entirely up to the person writing it. It can be a script that calls patch(1) with the appropriate options, a complicated perl script that does some deep magic, or anything else. The only requirement is that it MUST accept the -patch and -unpatch options, fol‐ lowed by the destination (or working) directory, when specified. For the sake of compati‐ bility, the second argument is only present when a working directory was explicitly set with dpatch --workdir. For some of the dpatch(1) features to work, the script should follow a common style: there should be a line near the top of the file with the following format: "filename -- author <email>". And one or more "# DP: description" lines. These will be used by dpatch cat for example.WARNING
dpatch is deprecated, please switch to the `3.0 (quilt)' Debian source package format instead. See http://wiki.debian.org/Projects/DebSrc3.0#FAQ for a short guide on how to do it.EXAMPLES
One can find dpatch examples under /usr/share/doc/dpatch/examples/.AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Gergely Nagy.SEE ALSO
dpatch(1), dpatch.make(7), dpatch-edit-patch(1), dpatch-list-patch(1), dpatch-convert-dif‐ fgz(1)| This manual | Reference | Other manuals |
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| dpatch(7) | referred by | dpatch(1) | dpatch-convert-diffgz(1) | dpatch-edit-patch(1) | dpatch-list-patch(1) | dpatch.make(7) |
| refer to | dpatch(1) | dpatch-edit-patch(1) | dpatch-list-patch(1) | dpatch.make(7) | patch(1) |