Re: versioning

[David Martinez CSIC RedIRIS <david.martinez@rediris.es>]

El Jue 14 Jun 2001 21:19, Wouter Verhelst escribió:
> one of my packages, nbd, is in the archive now as version "nbd_14-1". This
> version is derived from the filename of the upstream tarball, which is
> "nbd.14.tar.gz", as downloaded from his personal page at a university.
>
> However, upstream has changed to using sourceforge now, and in the process
> changed his versioning system. Right now, the upstream version is
> "1.2". Which, of course, will not reach the archive -- or even if it
> _would_ reach the archive, I doubt dpkg will accept it as "newer".
>
> What should I do to handle this "the right way"?

	You must use an "epoch". Your new packages will have 1:1.2-1 in their 
Version: field. See Chapter 4 of Debian Policy. It's what you're asking for.

	Be well,


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