Re: building binary-only package with different name?
What I do is edit the last version in the debian/changelog, e.g.
gri (2.6.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
to:
gri (2.6.0-0potato1) unstable; urgency=low
Ove Kaaven wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Peter van Rossum wrote:
>
> > Yes, of course, and that is what I did. But the actual question was:
> > how do I get dpkg-buildpackage to give the potato version a different
> > *name*? Just renaming the files gives problems with the signature on
> > the .changes/.dsc files.
>
> If you're just going to put these on the webpage, why would you even need
> the .changes file? (And the .dsc is only for the source package, so you
> don't need that for the potato build either)
>
> I'd put the potato and woody build in different directories, then I
> wouldn't need to rename, but if you don't want to, I don't see why you
> can't rename the potato build and drop the .changes file.
In fact, make _sure_ you don't allow access to a signed .changes
file on an unofficial web page because that would allow anybody
to upload it to Debian. It's signed after all.
Peter
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