Re: The future of src:ntp
Richard Laager wrote on 23/01/2022:
> On 1/19/22 15:04, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
>> On 19.01.22 20:34, Richard Laager wrote:
>>> 2. I create transitional binary packages in src:ntpsec:
>
> I got to thinking about this more. This won't work, because src:ntp is
> 1:4.2.8p15+dfsg-1 and src:ntpsec is 1.2.1+dfsg1-2. I would need an epoch
> (of 2, since ntp already has an epoch of 1) on ntpsec in order for
> src:ntpsec's transitional bin:ntp package to be newer than src:ntp's
> bin:ntp package.
>
> It might be technically possible to build a binary package with
> different versioning, but even if it is: 1) I don't know how,
One way it can be done is by creating d/changelog files which are
specific to the binary package, e.g.
debian/ntp.changelog
debian/ntpdate.changelog (no idea if it can be a symlink)
...
with their own version, different from the one in debian/changelog.
Paride
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