Re: NMU question

[Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>]

Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:
> Hi

Hi

> I've just met an uninstallable package with 3-week-old RC bug, caused by 
> soname change of one of dependences. This bug could be fixed by a simple 
> rebuild - I've checked if package builds against today's sid - yes it 
> does.
> 
> I've never done an NMU before, but this looks like a case to try :)
> 
> However, reading developer reference about NMUs, I got confused by normal 
> vs binary-only uploads for this case.
> 
> Is it ok just to add something like
> 
> * Non-Maintainer Upload
> * Rebuild against newer libicu (Closes: XXX)
> 
> to deban/changelog, build with pbuilder, upload with dput --delayed 2, and 
> drop a mail to maintainer?

No, something elso should be done.

> Triggering binary-only NMUs on every architecture somehow?

Right [1].

Cheers

Luk

[1] http://wiki.debian.org/binNMU