On Fri, 08 Jun 2007, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > I had a bug in one of my packages, and I got a bug report with a > patch. However, upstream gave me another patched version, and that bug > doesn't exist anymore, but I forgot to add a "closes". How do I close > that bug now? Do I just use control to force close it, or do I add a > closes to my next upload (which I should've done long back!)?.
If it was closed in a particular version, send a message manually with that version's changelog and an explanation of how the bug was fixed (if the changelog doesn't indicate.) Make sure you include a Version: pseudoheader. [See your other bugs which have been recently closed by uploads for an example.] Don Armstrong (with the owner@ hat on the rack) -- Herodotus says, "Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects". -- Mark Twain _A Horse's Tail_ http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
