* Ismael Valladolid Torres ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030909 18:35]: > I usually backport packages from unstable. Some of them seem to have > been packaged using woody, some of them seem to have been packaged > using sid. For those in the first group, a simple apt-get build-dep > satisfies build dependencies and everything is very easy. For those in
Sometimes you _have_ to break compatibility with woody. E.g. I have a package using libpng. To get compatibility with sarge, I had to upgrade my build-dep to libpng12-dev, which of course fails on woody. I documented this in changelog, but I can't change that. Well, in this case I would like to insert a line "Build-Depends-Woody" in the control-file, but that is not supported. > Obviously, I would make sure that my packages *also* build on sid (and > maybe even on sarge) before seeking an sponsor. Please check also that the packages work, at least some basic operations. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C
