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It works fine for applying the patch, but then you have to manually follow all of the build steps, turn it into a distribution package, etc. With Nix it is easy
by ruuda 4y ago
It works fine for applying the patch, but then you have to manually follow all of the build steps, turn it into a distribution package, etc. With Nix it is easy to edit an upstream package that already knows how to build the software, to include the patch.
- orangepurple 4y agoI have been doing this with the Arch Linux AUR for many years and it works well too