The following patch for dpkg-dev is inspired by the comments by Steve Langasek in http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/11/msg00005.html and the related thread, which seem to me clearly correct.
The original problem is best described here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/10/msg01206.html This change is supposed to only affect situations with binNMUs. I realized that the version number requirements for binNMUs vs. source NMUs and maintainer uploads are not actually in policy, which worried me; I sent a message to debian-policy. Given that this actually changes the definition of Source-Version, a warning message should probably be sent to debian-devel-announce if this is adopted. However, I think this will be correct the majority of the time Source-Version is used. Only occasionally does a dependency actually need to be so strict that a binNMU breaks the relationship. (This could happen in the case of a -dev package depending on a library package, in the subcase where the binNMU built the library against different libraries, however.) If you'd rather retain the old not-quite-accurate meaning of Source-Version and add something like Indep-Version, that would really be just as good, though perhaps slightly more confusing to developers of the future; the main point is to provide a standard binNMU-safe way of allowing exact versioned dependencies of arch:any packages on arch:all packages. While providing the other meaning for those who need it. Anyway, I think either this patch, or the 'backward-compatible' version introducing Indep-Version and retaining the old meaning of Source-Version, is a good idea. Thoughts? --- controllib.pl.old 2005-11-01 18:30:24.000000000 -0500 +++ controllib.pl 2005-11-01 18:59:59.000000000 -0500 @@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ &parsecdata('L',0,"parsed version of changelog"); close(CDATA); $? && &subprocerr("parse changelog"); $substvar{'Source-Version'}= $fi{"L Version"}; + # Strip off any binNMU version suffix. + $substvar{'Source-Version'} =~ s/(-[\d+]+\.[\d+]+)\.[\d+]+$/$1/; + # Leave this for strict binary version dependencies. + $substvar{'Binary-Version'}= $fi{"L Version"}; } -- Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "(Instead, we front-load the flamewars and grudges in the interest of efficiency.)" --Steve Lanagasek, http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/09/msg01056.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
