On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 05:25:51PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 09:46:06PM +0100, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > > Since ZoL (ZFS On Linux) isn't yet in Debian GNU/Linux, I've been > > doing my own packages for ZoL in that package repo. > > > > This include changes to the installer (debian-installer, base-installer, > > grub-installer, partman-target and partman-zfs). But because the Debian > > GNU/Linux git repo refuses force pushes, they latest versions is now > > in the ZoL GIT repo (https://github.com/zfsonlinux/debian-installers). > > > > > > But I think I've painted myself into a corner regarding the upgrade > > path. > > > > I have four repos: > > > > wheezy => The released ZoL version for Wheezy > > wheezy-daily => The GIT master releases of ZoL for Wheezy > > jessie => The released ZoL version for Jessie > > jessie-daily => The GIT master releases of ZoL for Jessie > > > > So basically, the packages in 'wheezy' and 'jessie' are identical, > > except they're compiled on the different versions of Debian GNU/Linux. > > > > Same for 'wheezy-daily' vs. 'jessie-daily'. > > > > Identical, in the meaning that it uses the exact same codebase/version > > and patch set of ZoL, just compiled for different libraries > > on two different platform version. > > > > > > But certain upgrade paths isn't working (which isn't much of a > > surprise actually - didn't quite think this through I guess): > > > > UPGRADE PATH STATUS VERSION COMPARE > > wheezy => wheezy-daily = YES 0.6.3-1.3-1~wheezy lt > > 0.6.3-38-7d90f5-wheezy > > wheezy => jessie = NO 0.6.3-1.3-1~wheezy lt > > 0.6.3-1.3-1~jessie > > wheezy => jessie-daily = YES 0.6.3-1.3-1~wheezy lt > > 0.6.3-35-7d90f5-jessie > > wheezy-daily => jessie = NO 0.6.3-38-7d90f5-wheezy lt > > 0.6.3-1.3-1~jessie > > wheezy-daily => jessie-daily = NO 0.6.3-38-7d90f5-wheezy lt > > 0.6.3-35-7d90f5-jessie > > jessie => jessie-daily = YES 0.6.3-1.3-1~jessie lt > > 0.6.3-35-7d90f5-jessie > > > > The versions here is the actually versions currently in the repository, > > and the result (YES/NO) is the status of "dpkg --compare-versions". > > I suppose the big problem you have is that jessie is alphabetically lower > than wheezy. > > > My question now is: How do I setup/change the versioning so that all > > of these upgrade paths work? > > Well you can solve the wheezy to jessue upgradesm but I don't think you > can solve wheezy-daily => jessie, since that really is a downgrade. > > > Doing this in intermediate steps isn't a problem, but I prefer not > > to use epochs if possible (even if that would be the simplest > > solution :)... > > If you were to do this: > > Change 0.6.3-1.3-1~wheezy to 0.6.3-1.3-2~wheezy > Change 0.6.3-1.3-1~jessie to 0.6.3-1.3-2 > Change 0.6.3-38-7d90f5-wheezy to 0.6.3-39-7d90f5~wheezy > Change 0.6.3-35-7d90f5-jessie to 0.6.3-39-7d90f5 > > So always use ~wheezy suffix when building for wheezy and use no suffix > when building for jessie, and bump the main packaging version up to make > the new versions higher than they were before.
Alternatively, you could use release version numbers rather than code names: 0.6.3-1.3-1~Debian7 (rather than wheezy), and 0.6.3-1.3-1~Debian8 (rather than jessie) -- It is easy to love a country that is famous for chocolate and beer -- Barack Obama, speaking in Brussels, Belgium, 2014-03-26 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150328061024.ga7...@grep.be
