Could someone outline the steps to recompile ltspfs with patch?

[Scott Howard]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:56 AM, john <lists.john at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was hoping someone might briefly outline the steps I should take (or
> point me to a howto) to recompile ltspfs with the patch submitted on
> this bug report and try it out.


For complete instructions see:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/PatchSystems

Quick general instructions for simply applying a patch you find on launchapd:

1) make a new directory
2) in that directory download the source files (e.g. "apt-get source
{package_name}" no sudo is needed)
3) unpack the source code (e.g. "dpkg-source -x foo_1.0-1.dsc")
4) cd into the new directory
5) apply the patch (use "man patch" to get help, most likely it will
be something like "patch -p1 {path_to_your_patch}")
6) build the package (e.g."debuild")
7) install the new binary package (cd to wherever it was built, most
likely it will be "cd .."  and then run "dpkg -i {packagename}.deb
{packagename2}.deb ...")

done!

For "real-time" help, hop onto #ubuntu-dev on freenode IRC.

As an alternative to 2, you can grab the bzr branch (command: "bzr
branch lp:ubuntu/natty/{packagename}"), but that might be more
complicated if you're not familiar with bzr. A similar process is used
to generate a patch too, but instead of "patch" you use the command
"diff"

Regards,
Scott