On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 00:46:23 -0800, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Marc Haber wrote: >> in sid packages, dh_suidregister is not allowed to be used any more. >> However, I need my own packages mainly under potato, so I am quite >> interested that they build under potato as well. Are there any >> standard procedures for this, or am I left with some nasty if >> constructs in my rules files? > >Um, it's not as simple as just not running dh_suidregister -- when it >refuses to do anything in sid and tells you to read the man page, it >really means it.
I see. So I need to actually install a chrooted sid to be able to read the manpage. That'll take a few days until I get around doing so... >I think making such a package that could build under either sid or potato >would be pretty complex because you would have to add/remove conflicts >from the control file on the fly depending on which you were building >for. That sounds nasty, and it probably means that backports of other packages from sid|woody to potato are going to be awfully hard in the future. Right? Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
