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Re: A question about uploading to "frozen"



On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 12:12:30PM -0400, Brian Mays wrote:
> Someone please help me here.  How do I upload a new version of a package 
> to the non-free part of the frozen distribution?  If I use "frozen" in the 
> heading of the changelog entry, it will be stuck in the main distribution; 
> if I use "non-free", it will be placed in the non-free section of the 
> unstable distribution.  How do I specify both "frozen" and "non-free" at 
> the same time?

Read the packaging manual.

In the changelog, you state the distribution (unstable, frozen,
stable, experimental or some combination of these).  In the
debian/control file you state the Section: non-free/* and Priority: of
the package.

HTH,

   Julian

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