Re: libmikmod/stable on hppa version problem
On 07/15/2010 10:04 PM, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 21:04 +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:
>> We have run into a problem with libmikmod on stable-security in the most
>> recent DSA. That was released with the version number 3.1.11-a-6+lenny1,
>> following the usual scheme. However, as it seems hppa had a version that used
>> the old binNMU numbering scheme: 3.1.11-a-6.0.1, which is considered newer:
>> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libmikmod2
>
> [also visible on http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable.html
> fwiw]
>
>> Is there a way that we can solve this for hppa, or is the only way out a new
>> DSA update for all 12 archs with only change a new version number?
>
> I've been trying to think of an answer that doesn't necessitate a
> complete rebuild, but haven't come up with one thus far.
>
> Any solution that involves a sourceful upload will need to be rebuilt on
> all architectures. I'm not sure if the security archive / buildd setup
> makes it possible to only attempt to build a package on a restricted set
> of architectures; even if it does, as soon as the package is accepted in
> to proposed-updates the remaining architectures will then be auto-built
> for stable.
I guess that only a manual build of a binNMU old scheme on hppa will
save you from having a sourceful upload and rebuilds on all
architectures. Probably the hppa buildd admins (in Cc) can help here?
Cheers
Luk
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