Re: Bizzar error with dpkg-buildpackages
Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Can I use e.g.:
>
> 1.20-29 -> unstable (source included)
> 1.20-29b1 -> stable/squeeze
> 1.20-29b2 -> oldstable/lenny
>
> I was thinking there could be an upgrade problem later if I use this or
> is there a special naming scheme for multi-release? (I know, there was
> a discussion some years ago, but I do not know its result)
Policy documents this, but…
You can use the "~" character as indicator of "sorts before". And using
release codenames is often clearer (see e.g. the requirements for backports
or stable updates.
In your case
> 1.20-29 -> unstable
> 1.20-29~squeeze1 -> stable/squeeze
> 1.20-29~lenny1 -> oldstable/lenny
1.20-29~lenny1 < 1.20.29~squeeze1 < 1.20-29
Note that this works because "squeeze" sorts alphabetically after "lenny".
Now that we will release Wheezy, it will get harder to choose release
codenames (as they should [for convenience] sort after "wheezy").
Cheers,
OdyX
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