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| -rw-r--r-- | quilt/setup.in | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/quilt/setup.in b/quilt/setup.in index 3351670..50bd003 100644 --- a/quilt/setup.in +++ b/quilt/setup.in @@ -291,8 +291,14 @@ The setup command is only guaranteed to work properly on spec files where applying all the patches is the last thing done in the %%prep section. This is a design limitation due to the fact that quilt can only operate on patches. If other commands in the %%prep section modify the patched files, -this must happen first, otherwise you won't be able to push the patch +they must come first, otherwise you won't be able to push the patch series. + +For example, a %%prep section where you first unpack a tarball, then +apply patches, and lastly perform a tree-wide string substitution, is +not OK. For \"quilt setup\" to work, it would have to be changed to +unpacking the tarball, then performing the tree-wide string substitution, +and lastly applying the patches. " exit 0 else |