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Re: trouble finding source for mail-notification on i386



On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:11:13 -0400, Tim Olsen wrote:

> The latest source for mail-notification has a version number of 3.0.dfsg.1-7
> 
> However, the latest i386 binary for mail-notification has a version
> number of 3.0.dfsg.1-7+b1
> 
> What does the extra +b1 mean?  How do I recreate the i386 build of
> mail-notification?

It's a 'binary Non-Maintainer Upload' (binary NMU). The package was rebuilt
without any changes to the source code, often to make sure
that a it is built with the latest correct library dependencies. Check the
package's changelog.Debian for the exact reason why it was rebuilt.

> 
> thanks,
> Tim

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