openSUSE:Fixing bugs

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See the links above for more information about handling bugs. For documentation about packaging read the Packaging documentation!

Workflow: how to fix a bug in a package

package = name of the package you want to work on

• Create your own branch you will work on
  osc branch openSUSE:Factory package
• Checkout the sources
  osc co home:login:branches:project/package
• Get to the right directory ;-)
  cd home:login:branches:project/package
• If you need to patch anything, quilt may be useful
  • Unpack source
    quilt setup package.spec
  • Get to the right directory again ;-)
    cd unpacked_package_directory
  • Apply all existing patches
    quilt push -a
  • Create new patch
    quilt new package-version-brief-description.patch
  • Add files to be modified
    quilt add file
  • Modify files (this and the previous task could be done together with quilt edit file)
  • Create final patch
    quilt refresh -p0 package-version-brief-description.patch
• Don't forget to mark all new patches and add entry to the .changes file using osc vc
• After fixing everything and reporting things upstream, all that is left is to submit the changes to the build service:
  • run first - only if you added or removed files
    osc addremove
  • then commit the changes
    osc commit
  • and send a submit request to the maintainer
    osc sr -m 'Fixed bug #1234'
• And of course report to the bugzilla that bug is fixed in request
  • Something like "Fix sent as sr#456, reported upstream http://bugzilla.foo.bar/?id=1234"
• After acceptance, maintainer reassign bug report to the community member who actually fixed the bug