[Pkg-crosswire-devel] Why are there quilt packages in pkgcrosswire PPA?

[Dmitrijs Ledkovs]

2009/8/30 Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden at fastmail.fm>:
> I just noticed that we seem to have acquired some quilt packages in the
> team PPA.  I don't remember any email on the list about them.  What are
> they for?  Do we need them for a hardy build, or something?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan
>

In xiphos I use dh small rules file with add-ons and the quilt *-7
added the dh --with quild addon. and hence I need them to build xiphos
in all suites but karmic.

I like dh a lot =) it's quicker than CDBS and the build output is much
shorter. But unfortunatly it is not yet drop-in CDBS replacement for
Qt/KDE packages (last time I've checked)

My whole xiphos/debian/rules is:

#!/usr/bin/make -f
%:
	dh --with quilt $@
# because check target is broken
override_dh_auto_test:

where "dh $target" executes the standard target sequence including
automagic detection of build system (python, autotools, perl, ant I
think maybe others were added) =)))) very nice.

--with quilt bit applies and removes patches when needed.

-- 
With best regards


Dmitrijs Ledkovs (for short Dima),
Ледков Дмитрий Юрьевич