Re: Best practice for changelog file
Dear Charles,
this the very thing I want to do, but as far as I can understand, I
should replace that variables myself, am I right? When I try to put
the variables in debian/changelog, dpkg-buildpackage fails with error:
dpkg-buildpackage: source version 1.1.0-7~bpo${debian_release}+${build_int}
dpkg-buildpackage: error: version number contains illegal character `$'
I realize that I can add new ~bpoXX record into changelog myself each
time I'm building new version, but I want to find if there any way to
do it automatically during build-time?
Obviously, I could use some build-script that would use sed to replace
version in changelog and then run dpkg-buildpackage, but this way
seems to be a not clear workaround.
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Best wishes and have a nice day,
Vsevolod Velichko
2011/8/25 Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>:
> Le Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 02:18:40PM +0400, Vsevolod Velichko a écrit :
>>
>> I'm trying to build package for two debian versions: squeeze and
>> lenny. Build process doesn't require any source or packaging
>> modifications, so I can just "dpkg-buildpackage" or "debuild" on both
>> lenny and squeeze to obtain the deb-file. The problem is that in this
>> case I have the same version for both systems, so I can't put them in
>> the same repository. Is there any well-known way to take a changelog
>> version record (e.g. "1.1.0-5") and produce deb with debian-specific
>> package version (e.g. "1.1.0-5+squeeze1") ?
>
> Dear Vsevolod,
>
> you can probably adopt a similar strategy as for the Debian backports:
>
> Append "~bpo${debian_release}+${build_int}" to the version number, e.g.
> "1.2.3-4" now becomes "1.2.3-4~bpo60+1", or for native packages, "1.2.3"
> becomes "1.2.3~bpo60+1"
>
> http://backports-master.debian.org/Contribute/#index5h3
>
> This way, the package built on a more recent suite will always have a higher
> version.
>
> Of course, keeping ‘bpo’ in the version number will be confusing, so it would
> be better to replace it something else, ideally that sorts lower. The --local
> option of dch may help you to automate the task.
>
> Have a nice day,
>
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> Charles Plessy
> Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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