Re: NMU: Incompatibility between dpkg-dev and developers-reference

[Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>]

Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> 
> I am building a package for a NMU based on a new upstream release.
> Section 5.5 of the developers-reference manual states:
> 
>     If it is absolutely necessary for someone other than the usual
>     maintainer to make a release based on a new upstream version then
>     the person making the release should start with the debian-revision
>     value 0.1. 
> 
> When I use a debian-revision 0.1, information about the .orig.tar.gz is
> _not_ included in the .changes file.  This means that my upload will be
> rejected (because it is a matter of a new upstream release).  On the
> other hand, when I use a debian-revision equal to 0, everything works
> fine.
> 
> I suppose that some script in dpkg-dev works incompatibly with the
> instructions in developers-reference.
> 
> Any help/patch/comments?

Help: Simply upload the orig.tar.gz manually.

Regards,

	Joey

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