diff arguments for building diff for dpkg-source

From: Micha Feigin (michf_at_post.tau.ac.il)
Date: 09/30/03

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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:35:11 +0300

    I am trying to build my own version of a package and I am trying to
    reuse the existing package files since I don't know how to create them
    myself.
    Currently I am trying to build the diff for the source trio
    (orig.tar.gz/diff.gz/.dsc). The problem is that using the standard diff
    arguments diff -ruN doesn't work. dpkg-source -x returns an error for
    the diff line (the first one in the file) and for the file dates that
    diff adds.
    What are the arguments for diff to build a diff file that dpkg-source -x
    accepts?
    The lines that cause the problem (example for one of the file in the
    diff, each accurance causes an error):
    diff -ruN dri-mach64-sid-2003.09.29.orig/debian/XF86Config-4.radeon
    dri-mach64-sid-2003.09.29/debian/XF86Config-4.radeon
    --- dri-mach64-sid-2003.09.29.orig/debian/XF86Config-4.radeon 1970-01-01
    02:00:00.000000000 +0200
    +++ dri-mach64-sid-2003.09.29/debian/XF86Config-4.radeon 2003-09-29
    23:24:29.000000000 +0300

    What dpkg-source expects is:
    --- dri-mach64-sid-2003.09.29.orig/debian/XF86Config-4.radeon
    +++ dri-mach64-sid-2003.09.29/debian/XF86Config-4.radeon 

    -- 
Micha Feigin
michf@math.tau.ac.il
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