On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 23:02 -0400, Ken Heard wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > > Yes, indeed it breaks. We learned that the hard way. We repackaged it > > using the newer source. I do not know how we submit such repacking for > > backports but here are the steps we took to make it happen (edited to > > protect internal information: <snip> > > Return to the user console > > cd /download/gnucash > > wget http://www.gnucash.org/pub/gnucash/sources/stable/gnucash-2.2.9.tar.bz2 > > tar jfvx gnucash-2.2.9.tar.bz2 > > mv gnucash{-,_}2.2.9.tar.bz2 > > mv gnucash_2.2.9{,.orig}.tar.bz2 - This is the name format debuild will > > expect > > With your amended instructions I got as far as here, but the following > command confuses me. > > > cd gnucash-2.2.9 > > As this directory does not exist it is impossible to change to it. It has been a while since I've done this but, after you untar the gnucash-2.2.9.tar.bz2, don't you have a gnucash-2.2.9 directory into which we are now going to copy the debian folder from 2.2.6 so we can build it into a Debian package? > Do > you mean cd ../gnucash-2.2.6, since the directory I am in at this point > is /download/gnucash, or do you want a new directory guncash-2.2.9 to be > created somewhere? If the former, it seems to me that there is an > extra ../ and an extra gnucash-2.2.6 -- two of each rather than one. If > the object of the exercise is to create gnucash-2.2.6, shouldn't the > directories now be so named? > > > cp -r ../../gnucash-2.2.6/gnucash-2.2.6/debian ./ > > cd debian > > The changelog is more than information; it is critical for debuild > > processing. > > Add something similar to the following at the top (the syntax is very fussy) > > gnucash (2.2.9-0) stable; urgency=high > > * 2.2.6 segfaults with libglib from lenny-backports > > -- John Sullivan <myn...@mycompany.com> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:18:00 -0500 > > Edit the control file and edit the two Replaces lines so they read: > > Replaces: gnucash-common (<< 2.2.6-3) > > Replaces: gnucash (<< 2.2.6-3) > > Edit the files file so it reads: > > gnucash-common_2.2.9-0_all.deb gnome optional > > gnucash_2.2.9-0_amd64.deb gnome optional > > debuild will complain about the -0 but I do not want to give it -1 in case > > the real 2.2.9 package is -1 when it is released. > > cd .. > > debuild -us -uc > > cd .. > > The two .deb files should be in this directory and can be installed where > > needed > > > Any corrections to the process are welcome as I am by no means an > > expert. Hope this helps - John > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEUEARECAAYFAkw2kScACgkQlNlJzOkJmTc7owCfXC6jQ2FAk7I3DNK1Ypy0OGnC > pHsAmNk2zboiozoH5q4ftiz27Yp0iwE= > =fz4B > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
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