Re: LILO bugs #146350 and others
On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 11:59:24AM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 05:12, elf@buici.com wrote:
> > I've got a fix for the LILO problem. The author, John, has given me a
> > one line fix. I'm prepared to do an NMU on this, though I've never
> > done one. The part that I'm not sure about is preparing the patch
> > file. Do I do the obvious, prepare two source trees and use 'patch -u
> > -r'?
>
> I take you you don't maintain you own packages?
I've never uploaded a package that wasn't debian native. [Cheeky
fellow.]
> First you have to increment the debian version number by 0.1 (for NMUs,
> see Debian policy), eg. 1:22.2-3 would become 1:22.2-3.1.
>
> To do this, use something like "dch -i 'changelog message'", and then
> edit the version number in debian/changelog by hand (dch can be found in
> the devscripts package.
>
> Then run dpkg-buildpackage to build everything, and upload the result
> using debrelease/dupload/whatever to Debian.
The buildpackage command is the one I've never used.
> Alternatively, if you get really stuck, send me the one line change, and
> I will do the NMU, if not today, tomorrow, GMT+10 timezone (note: as I
> use grub extensively I will not be able to test anything).
That's the other question. I've tested the package on my machines.
It boots, though I've never had the problem. Is that sufficient to
upload?
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