Hi, On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 03:15:19PM -0400, Deedra Waters wrote:
> I've been working on the package "kernel-patch-speakup" which has a > source package called speakup-cvs and produces the binary called > kernel-patch-speakup_20021221-1_all.deb, well, there is a stable > version of speakup that I'd like to package and have it keep the > kernel-patch-speakup name. This source package is called speakup, and > produces a similar binary called "kernel-patch-speakup_1.5-1_all.deb" > The problem currently is that the new source package produces a > binary package which already exists, and is generated by a different > source package I am not sure I understand why that's a problem. The only thing you have to take into account is adding an epoch to the new kernel-patch-speakup, since its old version 20021221-1 is newer than its new version 1.5-1. That is, you have to use 1:1.5-1 for the new version. In short: Source: speakup Version: 1:1.5-1 this produces the package kernel-patch-speakup Source: speakup-cvs Version: 20021221-1 this produces the package kernel-patch-speakup-cvs The epoch is necessary if you really want people to "upgrade" from the old CVS package to the new stable package. I see the package was not present in woody, so it's not a problem for people upgrading across Debian releases. Marcelo