On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 07:34:28PM +0300, Matan Ziv-Av wrote: > > Hello, > > 1. The iptables package that is installed is missing a few .so files > (MASQUERADE, DNAT, etc.). With a few changes to the files in debian/ > directory of the source package, it now also generates a new package > iptables-ext, which includes those missing files. The question is how to > distribute this: Is it acceptable to upload this to extras-devel (using > the autobuilder) even though this creates the same package as in the > base system? And should I increase the release number (which will cause > problems with osso-software-version) or use the same?
I believe the application installer won't allow you to replace a base package with a version from a different repository. Can you package just the missing files in the iptables-ext, so it would coexist with the base package? > 2. In order to language name in input setting dialog, rather than empty > parentheses, the language needs to appear in the binary files in the > directory /usr/share/i18n-locale-resolver/, provided by the package > (with no source) locale-resolver-data. I wrote a small program to > generate those files from a source file. The package I created now > includes those files with different names and the postinst script to > rename them, since otherwise it will conflict with the original package > (again, required by osso-software-version). Is there a better way to > achieve this? Yes, it's called dpkg-divert. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ap-pkg-diversions.html Marius Gedminas -- As an aside, UPnP's implementation (which features SOAP, HTTP over multicast/broadcast UDP, and extremely odd XML) is a must-read for fans of unnatural and baroque network protocols. -- Anthony Baxter
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