On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:58:29 +0200, Vedran Fura? wrote: > >> The upstream doesn't provide any version information so there shouldn't be > >> any problem if I fake new upstream releases: 1.0-1 -> 1.1-1 -> 1.2-1 . > > Can't you use dates then? Like YYYYMMDD-a? > No problem, but one question, just to be sure. Should it be a native > debian package...new date for every new revision I made, or a regular > package...YYYYMMDD-1, YYYYMMDD-2,...? I'd take the date for the upstream version and add -N for the Debian revision as usual. It's possible that you have more than one revision without any changes to the upstream source code. > Btw, see http://packages.ubuntulinux.org/dapper/text/myspell-hr > That is my package too. If I use dates, could there be a problem with > upgrading from 1.0-2 to YYYYMMDD? AFAIK not in this direction: $ dpkg --compare-versions 1.0-2 lt 20060618-1; echo $? 0 gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ | gpg key ID: 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : debian: the universal operating system - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' member of https://www.vibe.at/ | how to reply: http://got.to/quote/ `- NP: Queen: Under Pressure
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