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convert quilt to native source package

I want to branch an open source package and develop a new branch of package alternatively. The package is in quilt format and need to use dquilt for update but i don't want to use it for my branch ...
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can I locally patch the fglrx package that comes from the Ubuntu repositories?

I'm attempting to apt-get install fglrx while runnning a custom kernel, and the process is failing when it tries to compile the kernel module. I found a patch on the net that should take care of my ...
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Is is possible to get a patch included in the current release? If so, how?

So a while back I reported a bug in Compiz's Place Window plugin. It's a fairly major regression for people affected by it: mainly those using Gnome-Fallback, judging by the reports. A patch ...
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How to maintain a patched upstream package

I'm looking for the best way to maintain a patched version of an upstream ubuntu package. Here's the situation: We have our own server running reprepro, which would host the modified package. Our ...
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How to fix a build when trying to patch the original file?

I'm trying to create a package of Bugzilla 4 in a Launchpad PPA. Keep getting a malformed patch and have redid the patch from ground up numerous times without any success. One of the logs can be seen ...
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How do I find patches in debian packages?

How are the patches in debian/patches obtained? Is this diff -Nurp folder/original folder1/new enough?
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What is the proper way to patch Wine for a custom PPA?

I've been manually applying patches to Wine for use on my own machine, but I want to put it in a PPA for my friends and relations. Currently I follow this procedure: Get the latest source from an ...
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How do I get a patch applied to a package, when the upstream maintainer does not seem active?

I know of bugs where there is a fix available, which has been posted upstream. However, the upstream maintainer hasn't responded to the patch, or applied it to the project's source code. Would it be ...