On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 17:27 -0400, Ken Heard wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I got the two packages compiled, added them to the local packages > repository and installed them using kpackage, the KDE package manager. > I then successfully opened gnucash, selected in preferences to run any > past due scheduled transactions when the data file is opened, made a > couple of transactions, saved the data file, closed it and opened it > again. Nothing untoward happened (yet?). Thanks for your help; I could > not have compiled these packages without it. > > My comments on the final steps in your instructions, and final questions > follow. > > >> The changelog is more than information; it is critical for debuild > >> processing. > >> Add something similar to the following at the top (the syntax is very > >> fussy) > >> gnucash (2.2.9-0) stable; urgency=high > >> * 2.2.6 segfaults with libglib from lenny-backports > >> -- John Sullivan <myn...@mycompany.com> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:18:00 -0500 > > I added the above three lines to the changelog file as you had them. > However when debuild -us -uc was running I noticed flashing by on the > monitor a text to the effect that debuild did not like the format. In > any event the changelog file did not end up in either package. > > >> Edit the control file and edit the two Replaces lines so they read: > >> Replaces: gnucash-common (<< 2.2.6-3) > >> Replaces: gnucash (<< 2.2.6-3) > > Used 2.2.6-2 instead, because this version is the one in lenny. Version > 2.2.6-3 is in Sid. > > >> Edit the files file so it reads: > >> gnucash-common_2.2.9-0_all.deb gnome optional > >> gnucash_2.2.9-0_amd64.deb gnome optional > > Created the files file with only these two lines as you had them, except > replaced amd64 with i386. > > >> debuild will complain about the -0 but I do not want to give it -1 in case > >> the real 2.2.9 package is -1 when it is released. > > I did not notice whether debuild complained about the -0. As for 2.2.9, > squeeze has 2.2.9-6. > > Further questions. > > 1. Is it now safe do delete directory /download/gnucash? > > 2. To your knowledge have other Debian Lenny users found gnucash 2.2.6 > broken because of the upgrade to libglib2.2.0 from lenny-backports > because iceweasel 3.5.10 and acroread I think need it? I ask because I > wonder whether the two packages, gnucash_2.2.9-0_i386.deb and > gnucash-common_2.2.9-0_all.deb which I compiled would be useful to > others. If not, would it be useful to make available off list your > instructions with my updates as an odt or pdf file? I would be willing > to create such a file, run it by you, and then tell the list that the > compilation instructions are available from me to those who ask me for > it off list. <snip> I'm glad it worked. Alas, I'm dashing out right now so don't have time to digest your questions but please feel free to share the revised instructions - the beauty of an open source world - John
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