On 12/06/2016 11:45 PM, James Cowgill wrote: > Hi, > > On 06/12/16 22:34, Christian Seiler wrote: >> On 12/06/2016 11:22 PM, James Cowgill wrote: >>> The version number should be the version number immediately before the >>> one where the dpkg-maintscript stuff is added, not when the symlink was >>> converted to a directory. >>> >>> In this case you probably want to use "1.95-4.8-2~" (if the bug is fixed >>> in 1.95-4.8-2). >> >> I wouldn't use that version if you ever want to backport that specific >> version of the package, it's better to specify the previous Debian >> version directly, in this case 1.95-4.8-1. > > There is actually a section in dpkg-maintscript-helper(1) about why this > is a bad idea (it breaks local builds or anyone else who manually > patched your package). > > Note that 1.95-4.8-2~ sorts before 1.95-4.8-2~deb8+1 anyway so there is > no issue with backports here.
Yeah, you're right. Sorry about the confusion on my part. Regards, Christian
