Re: Bug#474949: debsign: deals badly with Format: 1.8 .changes files and new Checksums-* headers
Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> tag 474949 + patch
> thanks
>
> On Tue, 08 Apr 2008, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
>> dpkg >= 1.14.17 generates *.changes files with Format: 1.8. They provide
>> new Checksums-*: fields which are similar to the Files: field. And debsign
>> edits in place the Files: field of changes file and leaves the Checksums-*
>> fields alone.
>
> Here's a patch that fixes the issue. I would highly appreciate if you
> could upload a fixed package today because it's blocking the upload of dpkg
> to unstable currently. (And we're tight on schedule with dpkg because of
> the base freeze and there are many features in this version of dpkg that
> we really want for lenny).
A freeze date is not a date to target major uploads at... You might be
aware that dpkg is currently already frozen and a release update posting
is pending...
Note that in particular the triggers support and any RC bug fixes are
still candidates for migration to testing, though other features might
not be depending on their impact...
Cheers
Luk
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