On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Joel Klecker wrote: > At 02:26 -0700 1998-07-22, Jonas Oberg wrote: > >I am a debian developer. It's just that I'm not sure what to do about > >these sparc packages, I mean, nothing is changed from the maintaners > >package so it's an NMU, whilst at the same time it itsn't :-) > > > >When I compiled the package for sparc, I got these files; > > > >mount_2.7l-5.diff.gz > >mount_2.7l-5.dsc > >mount_2.7l-5.dsc.asc > >mount_2.7l-5_sparc.deb > >mount_2.7l.orig.tar.gz > > > >Is there a need for something more? > > Yes, you're missing the .changes file. The normal procedure for a > arch-specific upload it this: > 1. cd <package>-<version> > 2. dpkg-buildpackage -B -m"Your Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > 4. cd .. > 4. dupload --to master ../<package>_<version>_<arch>.changes > > The -B tells dpkg-buildpackage not to build source, and not to build > architecture independent packages. >
One question presetns itself. Versions. Do we add a non-maintainer version bump? What about if absolutely no change was made? (libungif, for example, I recompiled as a no-brainer). Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
