On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > So I uploaded a new version of libofx. The problem is that the new > version bumped the soname, and I forgot to change the binary package > name to suit. > > Then after I received a bug report alerting me to the error, I fixed > the package itself to have a correct package name. The corrected > package is now waiting for the ftp masters to add it to the override > file. > > But there is also the binary package hanging around from the original > mistaken upload. It collides with the new package, of course, because > both install the new library (under the new library name), and that's > a problem for the existing users of the old library, of course. > > What I *want* to have happen is for the clock to be reversed, but > that's not possible. :) So what is the correct way for me to fix my > mess, so that the old library version continues to be there, and the > new version can show up as well?
I would reupload the old library ASAP using a version number higher than the current version in unstable, but in Section: oldlibs and without the -dev package. Then packages needing the new -dev package should definitely have to wait for the new library to exist in unstable. Including the library version in the -dev package name might help as well. It would force new uploads to change the Build-Depends. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
