On 24-Feb-99 Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > What do I typically do when there is a new version available upstream? I > previously packaged the aspell spell checker version 0.26.2. The new > upstream version is 0.27. > > Do I - > > 1. tar zxvf upstream_src.tgz > 2. Apply the .diff that was generated when I produced 0.26.2 (and get rid > of the files like changelog, control etc.) > 3. dh_make and try to build? >
Depends on the package and what changed. I usally compile and test it as shipped by the authors, then I just copy my old debian/ dir over and build a package, modifying whatever needs by.
