Hi,
Below are my steps I've done to import the new upstream version and
build the package with git-buildpackage on a Debian Buster machine (or
chroot).
Please note that I didn't really look at the circumstances of the
package and whether this is all appropriate with the new version, as it
worked for me. This is also the reason I dropped the doc patch because I
don't need the man within the package.
#Install prerequisites
apt install git-buildpackage
apt install pristine-tar
#Build dependencies
apt install bison debhelper docbook-xsl flex libncurses5-dev
libreadline-dev libssh-gcrypt-dev linuxdoc-tools-latex m4 opensp quilt
texlive-latex-extra xsltproc build-essential
#Clone from debian Gitlab
mkdir bird2
cd bird2
#Download current release (didn't get the ftp uscan working)
wget https://bird.network.cz/download/bird-2.0.8.tar.gz
gbp clone --pristine-tar https://salsa.debian.org/debian/bird2.git
cd bird2
#Import new upstream version
gbp import-orig ../bird-2.0.8.tar.gz
#Generate changelog entry
gbp dch
git add debian/changelog
git commit -m "Update changelog"
#Remove patches
# - 0001-Sync-the-linuxdoc-mangled-files-with-linuxdoc-tools_.patch: I
had an issue with missing Latin1ToSgml.pm and I dont need the
adjusments to the doc generation and will not install the doc package
# - 0002-Added-missing-extern.patch: This change is already included
in current release
rm debian/patches/*.patch
> debian/patches/series
git add debian/patches
git commit -m "Remove patches"
# Create tag because during the build the latest tag (git describe) is
set to BIRD_VERSION
git tag -a "debian/2.0.8-1"
#Build
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
Regards,
Peter
Hi again,
Just contacted Ondřej Surý and Benjamin Drung (he did the last commit)
about helping out to bump https://salsa.debian.org/debian/bird2/ to 2.0.8.
In parallel asked the backports list about adopting BIRD2 in Debian
Backports.
To be continued...
Regards,
Keee
