Re: Upgrading to a new upstream maintainer version
On Tue, 22.06.99 13:55 +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote:
> I've already packaged a deb of epkg but there's a new upstream maintainer
> version.
> Must I remake entirely the package or I have just to do anything that will
> keep the changelog... ?
* unpack the new upstream version
* then copy the debian directory of the old package into the new
* check the old .diff file if you made any changes to the code that you
have to apply on the new one, too
* then add a new changelog entry with "debchange -i -v 1.2.3"
* check for eventual new README files or new stuff that isn't already
handled by the old rules file
* also check a "configure --help" and the upstream ChangeLog for new
compiling options
* give every file in the debian directory a look
* then finally try to build the package
* compare your .deb package(s) with probably existing rpm or tgz packages
and check if they packed files you missed
* test the functionality of the new package
* upload with "dupload --to <ftpsite near you>
read you,
-christian-
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