On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 11:51:59AM -0400, Calum McConnell wrote:
> Okay, thanks: but isn't my new package a non-native package?
Is it your package or just a rebuild of an existing 3rd-party native one?
> Yes, the upstream happens to be a Debian redistribution: but there is an
> "upstream source"
On Wed, 2020-03-18 at 13:05 -0500, Ryan Pavlik wrote:
> The old version number was for a "native package" - with no trailing
> dash and Debian package revision. When you added your suffix of -1,
> that implied a non-native package for which there should be an orig
> tarball and a Debian diff
On 2020-03-18, at 13:49:29 -0400, Calum McConnell wrote:
> So, I was looking at repackaging Yannubuntu/boot-repair for Sid
> because when I first set up my debian dual-boot, I had to use to to
> actually dual boot. I followed the instructions in the wiki for
> repackaging PPA's, and added a new
The old version number was for a "native package" - with no trailing dash
and Debian package revision. When you added your suffix of -1, that implied
a non-native package for which there should be an orig tarball and a Debian
diff tarball.
Use + (to increase vs. version without) or ~ (to decrease
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 01:49:29PM -0400, Calum McConnell wrote:
> calum@CalumsDebianSupreme:~/package/boot-repair/boot-repair_4ppa69-1$ ls
> boot-repair_4ppa69.orig.tar.gz debian docs etc po usr
The orig tarball must be in the parent directory.
>
So, I was looking at repackaging Yannubuntu/boot-repair for Sid because
when I first set up my debian dual-boot, I had to use to to actually
dual boot. I followed the instructions in the wiki for repackaging
PPA's, and added a new changelog entry (as well as changing the package
to be a quilt
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