On 01/24/2011 04:32 PM, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 03:02:17PM +0100, Christian Kastner wrote: >> Hello, >> >> it was recently pointed out to me that one of my library packages >> encountered a build error whilst attempting to backport it to an older >> system. >> >> The build failed because I use symbol patterns, specifically c++ tags, >> in the package's .symbols file. This feature was introduced in dpkg-1.15.6. >> >> One simple way to resolve this would be to rename the .symbols file >> during build and again during clean (or similar approaches); I was >> wondering though if anybody had a better approach to recommend? > > I'd say you need a versioned build dependency on dpkg-dev. This would > document that you use that feature, and that backporters need to use a > modern dpkg. This is no different from any other build depends you have.
Indeed -- the lack of a versioned B-D and the consequences were just pointed out to me in private communication. Seems obvious, don't know why it eluded me. Thanks, Christian
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