[Bug 44458] Re: [Dapper] "Reading Database" message window: considerations

[Trouilliez vincent]

>You need to look in the debian/patches directory for the "Reading
> printer database" window and other changes applied by debian and 
> ubuntu.

Oh dear, that's confusing. I don't understand why "apt-get source" did'nt give me the source code of the binary package ? It gave a diff file, and pretended it was applied, and now you are saying that there yet OTHER patches/changes that have not been applied ?
How do I patch (again) the source with these debian changes ? When that is done, will it *at last* give me the source code that *really* corresponds to the the binary package ??
Until I have the proper source code, how am I supposed to make a patch ? By patching the debian patch ?! I thought patches applied to the source code, not to other patches...
This all sounds very confusing and complicated to me :-(
Maybe I should fle a bug report against apt-get or Ubuntu : "Apt-get source does NOT give you the actual source code of the corresonping binary package !" :o(((((((
Looks like I will have to give up making this (any) patch, it's really so confusing so far :o(

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[Dapper] "Reading Database" message window: considerations
https://launchpad.net/bugs/44458