linux-image source package / dpatch

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 10:48:47PM +0100, Eric SCHAEFFER wrote:

> I try to compile a kernel image using the linux-image-2.6.8.1 source
> package (the real source "linux-source-2.6.8.1" that creates the .deb,
> not the deb linux-source package).
> I want to apply patchs (synaptics ALPS, suspend mode, and to upgrade the
> firmwares, etc), and for it to compile and generate the .deb packages, I
> need to add my patch in "dpatch" format in the "debian/patches"
> directory.
> 
> The problem is that I don't really understand how to create these files.
> I found the "dpatch-edit-patch" utility, but I don't understand how to
> use it in this case.

The simplest way is probably to use "dpatch patch-template" and just append
your patch to the output.

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 - mdz