Package: ubuntu-dev-tools Version: 0.143 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
The "backportpackage" doesn't appear to follow the backports.debian.org conventions properly: it uses a strange version numbering scheme, rather than doing what it says on <http://backports.debian.org/Contribute/>, namely: * Append "~bpo${debian_release}+${build_int}" to the version number, e.g. "1.2.3-4" now becomes "1.2.3-4~bpo60+1", or for native packages, "1.2.3" becomes "1.2.3~bpo60+1". Also, it seems that it should ideally check what version's in the target distro/backports already and pass it to dpkg-builpackage after "-v": * Include all changelog entries since the last version on debian-backports or since stable if it's the first version. You should do this by passing "-v" to dpkg-buildpackage. Eg: "debuild -v0.7.5-2", where "0.7.5-2" is the version in stable. If the package wasn't in stable or backports before you don't have include the changelog entrys (but you are free to do so). Though, honestly, that would not have helped me much because I had to unpack the package anyway in order to build it with debuild -- I don't really feel the need to use a chroot for a private build targetting the release I'm on ... -- Thanks, Samuel Bronson -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.8 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages ubuntu-dev-tools depends on: ii binutils 2.22-8+deb7u2 ii dctrl-tools 2.22.2 ii devscripts 2.12.6+deb7u2 ii diffstat 1.55-3 ii distro-info 0.10 ii dpkg-dev 1.16.15 ii lsb-release 4.1+Debian8+deb7u1 ii perl 5.14.2-21+deb7u2 ii python 2.7.3-4+deb7u1 ii python-apt 0.8.8.2 ii python-debian 0.1.21 ii python-distro-info 0.10 ii python-httplib2 0.7.4-2+deb7u1 ii python-launchpadlib 1.9.12-2 ii python-lazr.restfulclient 0.12.0-2+deb7u1 ii python2.6 2.6.8-1.1 ii python2.7 2.7.3-6+deb7u2 ii sudo 1.8.5p2-1+nmu1 Versions of packages ubuntu-dev-tools recommends: ii bzr 2.6.0~bzr6526-1 ii bzr-builddeb 2.8.4 ii ca-certificates 20130119+deb7u1 ii cowdancer 0.70 ii debian-archive-keyring 2014.3~deb7u1 ii debian-keyring 2013.04.21 ii debootstrap 1.0.48+deb7u2 ii dput 0.9.6.3+nmu2 ii genisoimage 9:1.1.11-2 ii libwww-perl 6.04-1 ii lintian 2.5.30+deb8u2~bpo70+1 ii patch 2.6.1-3 ii pbuilder 0.213 ii perl-modules 5.14.2-21+deb7u2 ii python-dns 2.3.6-1+deb7u1 ii python-gnupginterface 0.3.2-9.1 ii python-soappy 0.12.0-4 ii quilt 0.60-2 ii reportbug 6.4.4+deb7u1 Versions of packages ubuntu-dev-tools suggests: pn ipython <none> ii python 2.7.3-4+deb7u1 ii python-simplejson 2.5.2-1 pn qemu-user-static <none> -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
