On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 06:40:13AM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:

> On 23 October 2005 at 23:44, Steve Langasek wrote:
> | Hi Dirk,

> | This bug requires a sourceful upload, because it involves changes to
> | debian/rules.  Is there any chance of this happening soon?

> Can I do a 2.2.0.final-1.0.1 upload to declare the mod to be local to hppa,
> or does this require a -2 version and a rebuild everywhere else too?

If you touch the package source, it must be rebuilt on all architectures. 
Both of the alternatives -- carrying around redundant sources, or having
binaries in the archive without corresponding sources -- are worse than the
impact of having to rebuild a package on all architectures.

Thanks,
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Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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