Bug#898826: Re: stretch-pu: package profphd in strech unusable

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

On Mon, 2018-12-03 at 09:29 +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 08:15:26AM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > 
> > Please use 1.0.42-1+deb9u1 as version.  Looks fine to upload
> > otherwise.
> 
> I tried to build
> 
>   https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/profphd/tree/debian/stretch-propo
> sed-updates
> 
> in a stretch chroot, but got:
> 
> ...
>    dh_builddeb
> dpkg-deb: building package 'profphd' in '../profphd_1.0.42-
> 1+deb9u1_all.deb'.
>  dpkg-genbuildinfo
>  dpkg-genchanges -v >../profphd_1.0.42-1+deb9u1_amd64.changes
> dpkg-genchanges: warning: 'since' option specifies non-existing
> version
> dpkg-genchanges: warning: use newest entry that is earlier than the
> one specified
> dpkg-genchanges: error:  is not a valid version
> dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-genchanges gave error exit status 255
> 
> 
> Sorry for my ignorance since I'm very rarely upload to proposed-
> updates:
> Is there something else I need to specify (please guide me to the
> Fine
> Manual, thank you).

What tool and command line did you use to build the package that led to
that error being generated?

Regards,

Adam