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Re: Permission to upload gnat-4.1 with 3 new binary packages?



On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 01:52:19AM +0100, Ludovic Brenta wrote:
> The build scripts for gnat-4.1 are the same as for gcc-4.1 and
> gcj-4.1; their behaviour depends on the source package name as defined
> in the first changelog entry.  We do not upload all three source
> packages whenever the upload number changes, because not all changes
> are relevant to all three packages.  The latest uploads were:

> 4.1.1-17  gcc  gcj
> 4.1.1-18  gcc
> 4.1.1-19  gcc      gnat
> 4.1.1-20  gcc  gcj
> 4.1.1-21  gcc
> 4.1.1-22           gnat

> The rest is details... what you see are really the differences between
> -19 and -22, and they include many things unrelated to Ada and which
> do not affect the binary packages at all.  For example, we do not
> apply the updated Java, Objective-C or Objective-C++ patches when
> building gnat-4.1; nor do we apply the new m68k patches, since
> gnat-4.1 doesn't support m68k.

> svn-updates.dpatch deserves a separate explanation.  You will note
> that that file contains the bulk of the changes.  It regularly tracks
> the upstream gcc 4.1 branch and contains regression fixes only.  The
> latest change to this file was made in -20, and is already in gcc-4.1
> and gcj-4.1 in testing.  With this new upload, gnat-4.1 merely catches
> up.  No changes in this patch affect the Ada front-end or library.

Unblocked.

Thanks,
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Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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