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DH_QUILT_UNPATCH(1) Debhelper DH_QUILT_UNPATCH(1)

NAME

dh_quilt_unpatch - unapply patches listed in debian/patches/series

SYNOPSIS

dh_quilt_unpatch [debhelper options]

DESCRIPTION

dh_quilt_unpatch simply calls quilt pop -a after having set the environment variable QUILT_PATCHES to debian/patches. All patches listed in debian/patches/series are then unapplied in the current directory. The command does not fail if the patches have already been unapplied.

If the file debian/patches/series does not exist or is empty, dh_quilt_unpatch returns without doing anything.

You can use another directory instead of debian/patches by setting (and exporting) the environment variable QUILT_PATCH_DIR.

EXAMPLES

dh_quilt_unpatch is usually called indirectly in a rules file via the dh command.

        %:
                dh $@ --with quilt

It can also be direcly called in the clean rule.

        clean:
                dh_testdir
                dh_testroot
                [ ! -f Makefile ] || $(MAKE) clean
                dh_quilt_unpatch
                dh_clean

NOTES

This tool is useless if you use the source package format 3.0 (quilt). Consider switching to this source format if you haven't done it yet.

SEE ALSO

debhelper(7), dh(1).

This program is meant to be used together with debhelper.

AUTHOR

Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>

2023-10-06 perl v5.36.0