Petr Hracek

Rebase-helper is a tool that helps Linux package maintainers update their to the latest upstream version. New maintainers and experts alike will find value in the convenience this tool can offer. Rebase-helper applies patches, packages, and reports differences between the patched and un-patched versions.In summary, it automates some of the manual tasks usually performed by package maintainers when a new upstream version of that package is released. This article will explain how to get started using rebase-helper, and also demonstrate...

Abstract This project (part of Red Hat Lab Q) was initiated by Jan Zeleny to accommodate low-end and low-cost devices, which have usually slower hardware, and has particular usefulness to Fedora. Three students (Josef Řídký, Michal Ruprich, Šimon Matěj) from Faculty of Information Technology (FIT VUT Brno, Czech Republic) began work on the project with me (Petr Hracek) as a leader of the team. The aim Let’s say we have a device with low-cost hardware and we have Fedora/EPEL Linux...

What is rebase-helper used for? Rebase-helper automates a lot of manual tasks when a new upstream version of a package is released. How to install rebase-helper on RHEL 7 system? Use this COPR repository where RPM package is already created. http://copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org/coprs/phracek/rebase-helper_EPEL/ Download the repo file and install rebase-helper via yum command. yum install rebase-helper Rebase-helper performs several tasks during the rebase: Downloads an archive with the new sources Tries to apply all downstream patches: If a patch does not apply...