On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 01:33:16AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org> (14/10/2012):
> Now that gcc-4.6 4.6.3-12 is installed in unstable on all
> architectures, would it be possible to give gcc-mingw-w64 back on
> all buildds? This will cause it to be rebuilt using gcc-4.6
> 4.6.3-12; since the latter's version ends up in the resulting
binary
> packages' versions, a binNMU shouldn't be necessary...
>
> gb gcc-mingw-w64_7 . ALL
a package which failed to build can be given back. That's really an
alias for “please give it another chance to build (successfully)”.
If
you want to get a(n already successfully built) package rebuilt
against a new set of packages, that's where binNMUs come into play.
And if would've been cool if you could send a rationale for why the
binNMU is
needed (I simply don't know why one has to recompile against a new
gcc, and
there's no bug# reference) to debian-release@lists.d.o (Cc'ed).
(binNMUs migrate automatically if present, hence it's also slightly
relevant
for wheezy release management.)