Thanks all for suggestions, I have done it! So, if the package requires even 1 depending from "experimental" it should be targeted as "experimental"?
Anton Gladky On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Peter Pentchev <r...@ringlet.net> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 02:22:42PM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > On 2010-12-26 14:18, Anton Gladky wrote: > > > Dear mentors, > > > > > > I want to upload a package to http://mentors.debian.net, which I am > working > > > on (https://launchpad.net/yade). > > > Now I am trying to build the package with pbuilder. > > > The problem is, that the software depends on package from experimental > > > branch (python-sphinx>0.99). > > > > > > > Hey > > > > > I have 2 questions: > > > 1) How can I build the package in pbuilder (--othermirror option did > not > > > work)? > > > > You want to create a --distribution experimental chroot for this (man > > pbuilder for more information). Note you should not use the experimental > > chroot except when you build packages targeted for experimental. > > ...or you could use your existing pbuilder chroot (or copy it), then > login into it (pbuilder --login --save-after-login), add the experimental > lines to /etc/apt/sources.list and use /etc/apt/preferences to specify > that python-sphinx should be fetched from experimental. > > Of course, if you want to use that chroot for other purposes (building > other packages that do not need the newer python-sphinx version), you'd > better copy it instead of just modifying it. That's not too hard - copy > the base.tgz file under another name, create a new directory for the > result, > and copy the pbuilderrc, specifying the new basetgz and result directory. > > And then again, since the pbuilder manual page says that experimenal is > special-cased in pbuilder, it just might turn out that all this is already > implemented in pbuilder itself and I'm just wasting everyone's time :) > (I have to admit I'm pretty good at that sometimes...) > > > > 2) May I upload such package to mentors.debian.net? > > > > > > > Yes, if you target the package for experimental (instead of unstable). > > > > > I would appreciate any comments or links, where I can find a solution > for > > > the problem. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > Anton Gladky > > > > > > > > > ~Niels > > G'luck, > Peter > > -- > Peter Pentchev r...@space.bg r...@ringlet.net r...@freebsd.org > PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc > Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 > This sentence claims to be an Epimenides paradox, but it is lying. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJNF0a3AAoJEGUe77AlJ98TJdUQAKGEdsTysgzoVjbUq9PgTRac > R473pPQAhxxfca6f1EdsM2EyBzW8QQIPezGQJIs5iniIxmXms56J67AjyFV4VQBN > QKUMVoKZf+gVV8Thv8rZgJvpSRs0c4p4/w3YHGx1bD9Oc8rhepPCX1WzCLyomLs4 > U8w2OIh8d4UQH+A08aYI1aRG5gddAMlWj00dTF9lZDAkCU+/UMK1fWV067PnViwl > /hmLtTd7LMPLvYQXvpVteE6euC8omm5QHwG7eDgEHoCe0ohD0sB9yyRJh+pDNuAq > 1MKwPycJpaMTS8vM0cnG8NBzd0C+QGb9JMnUAJeUskUqQC9VnlCakf39tqH7bJYe > uDB/LUnDtNR66hbYJXsUldNNrisZWYhrrHsxvFfNlnz0tmDEvorQzpV/KyxKwN8Z > e+65ed558FKILUtxg+090rfCG+ZLE/Sg3MR1c1a0JH2cATlQBc9xTIfQHIyInZL0 > m5G810qkYJ5RqY18pJUkv9nB+25l+uVq3QHLcIUpXBejXUqi0iEqqx3uD2S0Xf6+ > eELd9F6nV7OUelJ5MlY7R/LyaZ6xJ6bcXQzuMIa7ywfQI1rRXYLJRLnqswmVVCid > n3w7DDDdfFl6B9yai3DDbgIRUcCn/g/xOL9rl/3D5eThn5zPwip1ydoZLjrhFr1S > j5ZwWxRNTsltCx9uAlAE > =Dg82 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
