Hi, On 06/12/16 22:34, Christian Seiler wrote: > On 12/06/2016 11:22 PM, James Cowgill wrote: >> The version number should be the version number immediately before the >> one where the dpkg-maintscript stuff is added, not when the symlink was >> converted to a directory. >> >> In this case you probably want to use "1.95-4.8-2~" (if the bug is fixed >> in 1.95-4.8-2). > > I wouldn't use that version if you ever want to backport that specific > version of the package, it's better to specify the previous Debian > version directly, in this case 1.95-4.8-1.
There is actually a section in dpkg-maintscript-helper(1) about why this is a bad idea (it breaks local builds or anyone else who manually patched your package). Note that 1.95-4.8-2~ sorts before 1.95-4.8-2~deb8+1 anyway so there is no issue with backports here. James
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