debdiff-apply - apply a debdiff to a Debian source package
debdiff-apply [options] [orig_dsc_or_dir] [patch_file]
debdiff-apply [options] < [patch_file]
debdiff-apply takes a
patchfile that describes the differences
between two Debian source packages
old and
new, and applies it
to a target Debian source package
orig.
orig could either be the same as
old or it could be different.
patchfile is expected to be a unified diff between two Debian source
trees, as what
debdiff(1) normally generates.
Any changes to
debian/changelog are dealt with specially, to avoid the
conflicts that changelog diffs typically produce when applied naively. The
exact behaviour may be tweaked in the future, so one should not rely on it.
If
patchfile does not apply to
orig, even after the special-casing
of
debian/changelog, no changes are made and
will exit with a non-zero error code.
- orig_dsc_or_dir
- Target to apply the patch to. This can either be an
unpacked source tree, or a dsc file. In the former case, the directory is
modified in-place; in the latter case, a second .dsc is created. Default:
.
- patch_file
- Patch file to apply, in the format output by
debdiff(1). Default: /dev/stdin
-
-h, --help
- show this help message and exit
-
-v, --verbose
- Output more information
-
-c CHANGELOG, --changelog CHANGELOG
- Path to debian/changelog; default: debian/changelog
-
-D DISTRIBUTION, --distribution
DISTRIBUTION
- Distribution to use, if the patch doesn't already contain a
changelog; default: experimental
- --repl
- Run the python REPL after processing.
- --source-version
- Don't apply the patch; instead print out the version of the
package that it is supposed to be applied to, or nothing if the patch does
not specify a source version.
- --target-version
- Don't apply the patch; instead print out the new version of
the package would generate, when the patch is
applied to the the given target package, as specified by the other
arguments.
- --no-clean
- Don't clean temporary directories after a failure, so you
can examine what failed.
- --quilt-refresh
- If the building of the new source package fails, try to
refresh patches using quilt(1) then try building it again.
-
-d DIRECTORY, --directory DIRECTORY
- Extract the .dsc into this directory, which won't be
cleaned up after exits. If not given, then it will
be extracted to a temporary directory.
debdiff-apply and this manual page were written by Ximin Luo
<
[email protected]>
Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.
debdiff(1)