On Fri, 2025-12-05 at 15:44 +0200, Carsten Schoenert wrote: > Hello Jai Kadam, > > Am 05.12.25 um 09:59 schrieb Jai kadam: > .. > > I should probably read all manuals now :) > > yes, that is something we do expect from you. > So did you ever read the manual of git-buildpackage (aka gbp)? gbp is > the chosen helper tool by the DPT, it's essential you know it! > > https://honk.sigxcpu.org/projects/git-buildpackage/manual-html/ yup read the imp parts (imp which i felt, like in which i got confused in past) now ig i will not > > You need to to get familiar with that, otherwise it's for you but > also > for others quite cumbersome to help. > > You need to understand what steps you need to make and why, also what > configure options you will need to give the various gbp commands > sometimes. > > The usual dance you will need to do with every new upstream version > is: > > 1. Import the newer version into the packaging git tree. > 2. Look into the changes Upstream has done like increased required > versions for build depending packages or new added dependencies. > 3. Adjust/Add/Remove additional needed patches if needed, the so > called > patch-queue. > 4. Look into open bug reports and fix them if possible. > 5. Adjust the packaging like updating copyright information, adjust > sequencer files, fix build and test suite issues, check . > 6. Look into merge requests if existing. > 7. Adjust/Update the CI/autopkgtest setup if needed. > 8. Check if you need to update the debian/ folder in case a bump of > the > Debian Policy was released. The current value for Standards- > Version > is 4.7.2. > 9. Run Lintian after your test build and fix Warnings, Errors and if > possible other flags too. > 10. Reach out for help if you feeling lost, don't end in try & error > in case you do not really understand what's going wrong and why. > > And as for you as a newcomer I would suggest to also get familiar > with > (git-)pbuilder first. It's to me easier to learn for starters and for > building packages it doesn't matter if you use pbuilder or sbuild. I just setuped pbuilder and yes it was easy than sbuild, thank you for this suggestion! The build was successful :) > Once > you are more experienced you can dive into sbuild at any time then.
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