> The diff for -3+deb8u1 would be; -4~deb8u1 would include an extra > changelog stanza (as it would have -4's and then -4~deb8u1's). > >> I haven't prepared the jessie-specific package yet, because I wasn't >> sure it was worthwhile... I can rebuild against jessie or unstable, >> whichever you prefer. > > The rebuild needs to be against jessie; that's a fairly fundamental > given for updating the package in stable.
Yes, understood. > If you were referring to whether to take the backport route or adding > the patch, then either is fine as long as the version number makes sense > for the approach taken. I've attached a patch for 4.7l-3+deb8u1, which I built and tested in a clean jessie chroot. Thanks, KEN -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <prono...@debian.org>
Index: debian/changelog =================================================================== --- debian/changelog (.../4.7l-3) (revision 757) +++ debian/changelog (.../4.7l-3+deb8u1) (revision 757) @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +cproto (4.7l-3+deb8u1) jessie; urgency=low + + * Fix functional regression vs. 4.7j-5 in wheezy (closes: #784719). + - Modify debian/rules to put back --enable-llib configure option, by adding + override_dh_auto_configure. This option was accidentally lost in version + 4.7j-7 while converting to debhelper 7. This disabled the -X command + line option in the cproto program, a regression vs. wheezy. + + -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <prono...@debian.org> Sat, 09 May 2015 11:54:56 -0500 + cproto (4.7l-3) unstable; urgency=medium * Fix various minor Lintian warnings in debian/copyright. Index: debian/rules =================================================================== --- debian/rules (.../4.7l-3) (revision 757) +++ debian/rules (.../4.7l-3+deb8u1) (revision 757) @@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ override_dh_installdocs: dh_installdocs README +override_dh_auto_configure: + dh_auto_configure -- --enable-llib