You should check out dgit[1] which pretty much does exactly what you're looking for. It's an excellent way (with a little bit of pbuilder scripting) to patch De

You should check out dgit[1] which pretty much does exactly what you're looking for. It's an excellent way (with a little bit of pbuilder scripting) to patch Debian packages in place with sensible version numbering. [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DgitFAQ https://wiki.debian.org/DgitFAQ