Re: Binaryless uploads [Was: FTBFS: architecture all packages]

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Brian May <bam@debian.org> writes:

> Source package has the following files (note: this is called a "source
> package" not a "binary package"):
> 
> webmin_1.100.orig.tar.gz
> webmin_1.100-2.diff.gz
> webmin_1.100-2.dsc
> 
> Extracting this source package and running debian/rules build would
> produce the following *binary packages*:
> 
> webmin_1.100-2_all.deb
> webmin-core_1.100-2_all.deb
> webmin-apache_.100-2_all.deb
> webmin-squid_.100-2_all.deb
> [...list truncated...]
> 
> Jaldhar, please tell me what the problem is with the above approach.
> 
> You will notice that there is only one source package, but multiple
> binary packages.

Say webmin-squid now has a RC bug, that would keep all webin debs out
of testing, right?

MfG
        Goswin

PS: If that is your problem write better code. :)