Package: developers-reference Version: 3.3.6 Tags: patch Hi folks,
Please consider the attached patch to update the developer's reference description of recompile-only binNMU versioning so that it matches the current behavior of dak and sbuild. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
diff -Nru /tmp/BG1jKelzmI/developers-reference-3.3.6/debian/changelog
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--- /tmp/BG1jKelzmI/developers-reference-3.3.6/debian/changelog 2005-02-05
02:10:02.000000000 -0800
+++ /tmp/SsOVUHjyJs/developers-reference-3.3.6/debian/changelog 2006-01-23
03:52:33.000000000 -0800
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+developers-reference (3.3.6-0.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Update documentation for binNMUs to use the versioning scheme currently
+ supported by dak.
+
+ -- Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 21 Jan 2006 22:53:56 -0800
+
developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
* Andreas Barth
diff -Nru /tmp/BG1jKelzmI/developers-reference-3.3.6/developers-reference.sgml
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--- /tmp/BG1jKelzmI/developers-reference-3.3.6/developers-reference.sgml
2005-03-25 07:22:35.000000000 -0800
+++ /tmp/SsOVUHjyJs/developers-reference-3.3.6/developers-reference.sgml
2006-01-23 03:57:49.000000000 -0800
@@ -2761,12 +2761,21 @@
get this wrong, the archive maintainers will reject your upload (due
to lack of corresponding source code).
<p>
-The ``magic'' for a recompilation-only NMU is triggered by using the
-third-level number on the Debian part of the version. For instance,
-if the latest version you are recompiling against was version
-``2.9-3'', your NMU should carry a version of ``2.9-3.0.1''. If the
-latest version was ``3.4-2.1'', your NMU should have a version number
-of ``3.4-2.1.1''.
+The ``magic'' for a recompilation-only NMU is triggered by using a
+suffix appended to the package version number, following the form
++b<number>. For instance, if the latest version you are
+recompiling against was version ``2.9-3'', your NMU should carry a
+version of ``2.9-3+b1''. If the latest version was ``3.4+b1'' (i.e, a
+native package with a previous recompilation NMU), your NMU should have
+a version number of ``3.4+b2''.
+
+<footnote>
+In the past, such NMUs used the third-level number on the Debian part of
+the revision to denote their recompilation-only status; however, this
+syntax was ambiguous with native packages and did not allow proper
+ordering of recompile-only NMUs, source NMUs, and security NMUs on the
+same package, and has therefore been abandoned in favor of this new
+syntax.</footnote>
<p>
Similar to initial porter uploads, the correct way of invoking
<prgn>dpkg-buildpackage</prgn> is <tt>dpkg-buildpackage -B</tt> to only
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