Updating a libgdal-* Package

The libgdal-* packages (libgdal-grass for example) are format in the gdal source. This tutorial will explain how to get the source from gdal's source.

• Get the gdal's sources from ​http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadSource and extract them and

  cd gdal-1.9.2
  ./configure
  cd frmts/grass #using gdal-grass for this example
  make dist
  

  There should be .tar.gz in the folder, this is your source. Rename it with the proper .orig.tar.gz name for the package (libgdal-grass.orig.tar.gz) and put it where you are building your package.

• Debian uses a different process:

  gbp clone git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-grass/gdal.git
  cd gdal
  quilt push -a
  make -f debian/rules gdal-grass
  

  The tarball will be available in ../libgdal-grass-<version>.tar.gz

You can now proceed how you would update a package normally.