random todo for d-i powerpc

random issues in d-i powerpc

adding patches with quilt to a package

  1. add quilt to build-depends
  2. create debian/patches/ and put the patches there
  3. cd debian/patches ; ls > series

  4. add "QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches quilt push -a || test $$? = 2" to the configure target in debian/rules

  5. add "QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches quilt pop -a -R || test $$? = 2" to the clean target in debian/rules

  6. enjoy :)

adding more patches later

  1. export QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches
  2. quilt new 200-etc-olsrd.patch
  3. quilt add Makefile.inc
  4. vi Makefile.inc
  5. quilt refresh

svn, knowing the diff before updating

  1. svn diff --revision HEAD
  2. svn up

== random links ==

  1. http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html