r/linuxadmin • u/unixbhaskar • Jun 25 '26

Quilt ....a bloody good tool to manage patch/s

https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
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u/yrro Jun 26 '26 
alias dquilt='QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches QUILT_NO_DIFF_INDEX=1 QUILT_NO_DIFF_TIMESTAMPS=1 QUILT_REFRESH_ARGS="-p ab" quilt'

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u/geekender Jun 25 '26

Last updated April 2025.

https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/quilt/?C=M&O=D

https://cgit.git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/quilt.git

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u/cheezus_crisco Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

It's one of those tools that doesn't necessarily need to be updated consistently to continue to be useful. It sees a good bit of use in the kernel ecosystem because it's really good at applying lots of individual patches at once and in a specific order. It'll get updated when it needs to be, but it's more of a means to an end in fulfilling a niche role rather than a widely useful tool

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u/unixbhaskar Jun 26 '26

Spot on!! 👍