rpmbuild question - follow on to gcc issues

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

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.

Mikkel
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