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Subject: dh-kpatches: Wish it supported directories of files
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Date: Sun,  4 Nov 2001 13:05:10 +0100 (CET)
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Package: dh-kpatches
Version: 0.7
Severity: wishlist

Some kernel patches are released as a small patch and a tar file containing a
directory of files.

For example the SE-Linux kernel patch released by NSA consists of a small patch
to a makefile to cause compilation of files in the security_plugin subdirectory
and then an archive of files for that directory.

I would like to have the dh_installkpatches command be able to generate a
package that applies a patch, and then copies a directory (or several
directories) of files if that patch succeeds.  Unapply would consist of
reversing the patch and "rm -rf" on the relevant directory.

-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux lyta 2.4.13-lsm #2 Fri Oct 26 18:52:58 CEST 2001 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages dh-kpatches depends on:
ii  debhelper      3.0.48         helper programs for debian/rules
ii  perl           5.6.1-5        Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report