---- "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Steve wrote: > > I downloaded a src rpm, built it using rpmbuild and the spec file > > and ran it. So far, so good. Now I want to modify the source to add > > some debugging statements. The problem is that the src rpm contains > > a number of patches and one of the patches is to the file I want to > > modify. Now when I rpmbuild, the patching fails because the source > > file it is trying to patch doesn't look the same. > > > > What is the Fedora way of dealing with this situation? > > > > Let me know if this needs to be moved to the devel list. > > > > Thanks, > > Steve. > > > One way is to create your own patch that is used after the original > patch. Add it to the end of the patch list. Yukk!! That will get really tiresome really quickly. At this point I don't really know what I'm looking for so I may end up having to add debug statements to several files. Is there a way to apply all the patches to the source code and them remove them from the spec file? Steve -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
