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lilo package

  1. Bug #669363
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 669363

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Joachim Wiedorn (ad-debian) wrote : Re: [Bug 669363] Re: Please merge lilo 1:22.8-8.3(main) from debian unstable(main)

Bhavani Shankar <email address hidden> wrote on 2010-11-08 15:57:

> Reported in debian and opened a bugwatch
> ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #602824
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602824
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» which essentially states that applying patches can be easier with a
» common source package and sebastien's idea also came from the below
» article
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»http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/11/05/managing-distribution-specific-patches-with-a-common-source-package/
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» which requires only a source format change to 3.0(quilt)

Thanks for this link. I will try to create a package in this way of
Raphael Hertzog have written.

Unfortunately the maintainer of Lilo in Debian seems to don't want do
any work on this package anymore. But I hope we get a solution for this
problem in the next weeks.

Have a nice day,
Joachim (Germany)