> > On the other hand I have NEVER used a + in the append-to-version and I > am not sure it is even supposed to be allowed, it certainly is > discouraged to use + in the version or packagename in general. I always > just have the append-to-version use dashes between things. >
>From make-kpkg man page: [...] it may contain only lowercase alphanumerics and the characters - + . (full stop, hyphen, and plus). > > [...] Often I actually just edit the makefile to add what I want > appended, so I won't forget it when building with make-kpkg. > That's it then; here the Makefile begins with: VERSION = 2 PATCHLEVEL = 6 SUBLEVEL = 14 EXTRAVERSION = -vs2.1.0-rc5 No trace of the value given to "--append-to-version": make-kpkg does *not* add it there (but nevertheless includes it in the package...). [I really can't blame m-a for not taking into account something that's not there. But a useful addition (?) might be for m-a to recognize the same "--append-to-version" option as make-kpkg and act accordingly.] Gilles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
