On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 01:36:44PM +0100, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > * Paul TBBle Hampson <Paul.Hampson@Pobox.com> [2007-11-19 07:00:43 CET]: >> As a further point for the 'increment each time' case, I often give >> out URLs and binary builds of packages I'm assembling for >> sponsorship, and I want people who get them to _know_ whether I've >> updated or not. > On a side note - if you don't increment the version apt still does the > sane thing: it also checks the package's meta data and pulls a package > from the pool happily if it is different from the one you have > installed. Only for binary aptable builds. Not for things like mentors (source only) and not when I'm too lazy to actually make something aptable. ^_^ And I'm pretty sure apt-listchanges shows _no_ changelog when you install a packaged with the same version as the installed one. -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul "TBBle" Hampson, B.Sc, LPI, MCSE Very-later-year Asian Studies student, ANU The Boss, Bubblesworth Pty Ltd (ABN: 51 095 284 361) Paul.Hampson@Pobox.com Of course Pacman didn't influence us as kids. If it did, we'd be running around in darkened rooms, popping pills and listening to repetitive music. -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.1/au/ -----------------------------------------------------------
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