On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 12:19:38AM +0100, tilt wrote: > Right now I practise "+devuanX" re-versioning, so if I > encounter a hypothetical incoming package with name "xyz" > and version (in Jessie) "1.2.3-4" then my modified package > will still be called "xyz" and the version will be > "1.2.3-4+devuan1" (and if have to revise it, "+devuan2" > and so on). > > I do understand the "Bumping" problem you mentioned
It's a problem only if you: 1. mix both Debian and Devuan apt sources, and 2. don't have pinning (/etc/apt/preferences) in use > according to [DEBPOL7.5] paragraph 4, as soon as another > package Depends on a specific package version, virtual > packages will not be considered for satisfying relations > anymore, thus excluding our package "xyz-devuan", at least > from any form of automatic dependency resolution. More precisely, versioned provides _are_ supported, but only from jessie onwards. Upgrades from wheezy might need to update dpkg/apt first, before upgrading the rest. -- // If you believe in so-called "intellectual property", please immediately // cease using counterfeit alphabets. Instead, contact the nearest temple // of Amon, whose priests will provide you with scribal services for all // your writing needs, for Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory prices. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
