Re: changes file issue when packaging for backports
Oops,
not Priority: but Urgency:
quidame <quidame@Safe-mail.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to backport bilibop_0.4.22 source package (native). If only changes
> from 0.4.22 to 0.4.22~bpo70+1 are copied in to the changes file, lintian
> complains with the 'backports-changes-missing' error tag [1]. If I add
> -v0.4.21 dpkg-genchanges, the resulting changes file says:
>
> Priority: medium
> [...]
> Closes: 750507 756086
>
> This overrides the priority of thr bpo package (low, in wheezy-backports);
> medium is the priority of 0.4.22 in unstable. It claims to close two bugs
> that are already closed in 0.4.22; more, one of these bugs id specific to
> jessie/sid, and the bugfix is reverted in the bpo. should I edit the changes
> file to modify Priority: field and modify or remove Closes: field ? Or replave
> -v0.4.21 option by something more relevant (shortened changelog entry
> for 0.4.22) ? Or can I let it go 'as is' ?
>
> Cheers,
> quidame
>
> [1] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/backports-changes-missing.html
>
>
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