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Hi
in "5.5.3. binNMU safe" there's:
~~~~
The dependency defined in the debian/control file among binary packages
from the same source package should be safe for the binNMU. This needs
attention if there are both “Architecture: any” and “Architecture: all”
packages involved in it.
[...]
“Architecture: all” package: depends on “Architecture: any” baz package
Depends: baz (>= ${source:Version}), baz (<<
${source:Upstream-Version}.0~)
~~~~
Instead of restricting this by the next upstream version, the next
debian revision version should be used:
Depends: baz (>= ${source:Version}), baz (<< ${source:Version}.1~)
Explanation:
Consider an arch:all package foo 1.0-1 which depends on baz as above.
The restriction "baz (<< ${source:Upstream-Version}.0~)" would resolve
to "baz << 1.0.0~". This correctly includes versions from binNMUs
(1.0-1+b1).
But it also includes new debian revisions like 1.0-2 or 1.0-1.1 (NMU),
which might have changes which require foo and baz to be both updated at
the same time (foo 1.0-1 does not work with baz 1.0-1.1). So these
versions should be excluded.
My proposal would set the restriction to "baz << 1.0-1.1~". I
found that suggested in several places a few years ago, when I had a
deep look into this topic for packaging wine.
Some data:
Roughly looking at codesearch for the pattern in debian/control:
* (<< ${source:Upstream-Version}.0~) : 19 results
https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=%28%3C%3C+%24%7Bsource%3AUpstream-
Version%7D.0%7E%29+path%3Adebian%2Fcontrol&literal=1
* (<< ${source:Version}.1~): 233 results
https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=%28%3C%3C+%24%7Bsource%3AVersion%7D.1%7E%29+path%3Adebian%2Fcontrol&literal=1
* AFAICT you might also use the slightly stricter
"${source:Version}.0~", but it seems noone else does because NMUs should
start at ".1": 0 results
https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=%28%3C%3C+%24%7Bsource%3AVersion%7D.0%7E%29+path%3Adebian%2Fcontrol&literal=1
Greets and thanks
jre
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