Bug#333866: apt-ftparchive: please generate Source: line in Packages file for recompliation-only binary NMU
Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de> writes:
> Package: apt-utils
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hi,
>
> per developer's reference 5.10.2.1, a binary recompilation-only NMU is
> "tagged" by having a third level in the binary package version number.
> One is then required to strip off either the last or the last two
> parts of the binary package version number ot determine which source
> the package was built off.
>
> This is a bad hack in the developer's reference.
>
> apt-ftparchive is in a position to help here by generating a proper
> Source: line in the Packages: file. For example, bind9 1:9.2.1-2.0.1
> should have "Source: bind9 (1:9.2.1-2)" in the Packages file. IMO, the
> Source: line should only be suppressed if both package name and
> version number match the respective Package: or Version: fields.
>
> Greetings
> Marc
That is not the job of apt-ftparchive and actualy apt-ftparchive has
no clue if this was an intentional bin-NMU or a misversioning. The
guessing of bin-NMU versions is also present in DAK before
apt-ftparchive is run so any fix there would come too late.
The right place for this is in dpkg-buildpackage (which would pass it
on to dpkg-gencontrol). That way the deb would have correct
informations (dpkg -I), the changes file would have correct infos, DAK
would directly see the right bin/src version and detect an bin-NMU
reliably and apt-ftparchive would fix itself since it copies the info
from the deb.
If you agree then please reassign this to dpkg.
MfG
Goswin
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