r37718 - /website/howto/quilt.pod

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Sat Jun 6 19:44:47 UTC 2009


Author: nhandler-guest
Date: Sat Jun  6 19:44:42 2009
New Revision: 37718

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/?sc=1&rev=37718
Log:
quilt.pod: Add information about debian/README.source

Modified:
    website/howto/quilt.pod

Modified: website/howto/quilt.pod
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/website/howto/quilt.pod?rev=37718&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- website/howto/quilt.pod (original)
+++ website/howto/quilt.pod Sat Jun  6 19:44:42 2009
@@ -171,6 +171,24 @@
 For the details take a look at F</usr/share/doc/quilt/README.Debian> and/or
 C<dh_quilt_patch(1)>, C<dh_quilt_unpatch(1)>.
 
+=head2 3.3 Creating a README.source file
+
+As of Debian Policy version 3.8.0, packages that use a patch system, such as
+quilt, are required to have a F<debian/README.source> file explaining how to
+generate the patched source, add a new modification, and remove an existing
+modification. A standard F<debian/README.source> file is used for all packages
+maintained by the Debian Perl Group. The F<debian/README.source> file looks
+like this:
+
+    This package uses quilt to manage all modifications to the upstream
+    source.  Changes are stored in the source package as diffs in
+    debian/patches and applied during the build.
+
+    See /usr/share/doc/quilt/README.source for a detailed explanation.
+
+You can also use C<packagecheck -Q -c> to generate the F<debian/README.source>
+file.
+
 =head1 4. Why quilt is better?
 
 =over




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