[ITP] libungif-4.1.0-2

Charles Wilson cwilson@ece.gatech.edu
Tue Jul 16 07:56:00 GMT 2002



Lapo Luchini wrote:

>> This is basically version #3 -- instead of simply copying the patch, 
>> you're recreating it: but you are guaranteed that the "new" patch will 
>> be identical to the old one, since "spkg" is called immediately after 
>> "prep".
> 
> 
> Just had an idea: what about creating a new pass in the script called 
> "automatic" that is intedned to contain all the "automatic task" to 
> patch the source, followed by normal patching?
> This pass would be void normally, but in the cases where it is needed it 
> could contain the relibtoolizing and like things, this would be applied 
> also to "pristine source" in mkpatch, so that the actual patch only 
> contains the differences between the "automatically reapplicable 
> patches" obtaining in most of the cases a patch that is much smaller.
> (unless you change autotools version in between, of course -_-, but its 
> not that smart to change a software in the middle of a packaging)
> 

Yes, sometimes I do this; I have a "prep" and a "prep2" stage -- not a 
very creative or informative naming scheme, I'll admit.

Yes, I think -3 is ready to upload; there's no need to futz with it any 
more.  Just let 'er rip.

--Chuck



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