Hi
I would like that 'apt install signify' install OpenBSD's signify (from
the Debian 'signify-openbsd' package) and not the 2003 mail-related
signify perl script from the Debian 'signify' source package.
I would also like that /usr/bin/signify is OpenBSD's signify, after
doing the 'apt install signify', instead of /usr/bin/signify-openbsd.
As background please read:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=951010
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=738884
What do you think about the attached debdiff for the existing
(non-OpenBSD) 'signify' source package?
This will rename the binary package to 'signify-mail', as suggested in
the first bug report above, and add a 'signify (<< 1.14-8~)' Replaces
header.
Is anything more required here? Any objections to an upload? The
package seems to be orphan'ed and QA-maintained. One alternative is to
remove the package, but that seems to involve more effort than a QA
upload.
The next step would be for the 'signify-openbsd' source package to
rename the 'signify-openbsd' binary package to 'signify'. I believe it
should declare a Conflicts and Breaks towards 'signify (<< 1.14-8~)'.
The final step would be for signify-openbsd's 'signify' package to
rename the binary into /usr/bin/signify, and that would require adding a
Conflicts/Breaks towards all versions of signify-mail.
Tomasz, what do you think about this?
Adding debian-devel to get wider review of the
Replaces/Conflicts/version magic, this always tend to confuse me.
See pipeline for the 'signify' source package that I propose to upload:
https://salsa.debian.org/jas/signify/-/pipelines/742414
To make this happen for trixie, I don't see how to do it. Anyone having
the old 'signify' package on their system would get OpenBSD's signify
instead of the new 'signify-mail' package after an upgrade. Is that
problem really worth caring about? I think a release note about this
could solve it. I believe OpenBSD's 'signify' is important enough to
warrant this to be part of trixie instead of having to wait for t+1.
/Simon
diff -Nru signify-1.14/debian/changelog signify-1.14/debian/changelog
--- signify-1.14/debian/changelog 2020-06-05 21:06:41.0 +0200
+++ signify-1.14/debian/changelog 2024-10-05 11:58:55.0 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+signify (1.14-8) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * QA upload.
+ * Rename binary package signify to signify-mail, adding Replaces
+field.
+ * Standards-Version: 4.7.0.
+ * Fix lintian update-debian-copyright.
+ * d/t/control: Use new package name.
+
+ -- Simon Josefsson Sat, 05 Oct 2024 11:58:55 +0200
+
signify (1.14-7) unstable; urgency=medium
* QA upload.
diff -Nru signify-1.14/debian/control signify-1.14/debian/control
--- signify-1.14/debian/control 2020-06-05 21:06:41.0 +0200
+++ signify-1.14/debian/control 2024-10-05 11:58:55.0 +0200
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13)
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Rules-Requires-Root: no
-Standards-Version: 4.5.0
+Standards-Version: 4.7.0
Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl
Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/signify
Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/signify.git
Homepage: http://signify.sf.net
-Package: signify
+Package: signify-mail
Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}
+Replaces: signify (<< 1.14-8~)
Architecture: all
Description: Automatic, semi-random ".signature" rotator/generator
Signify is a neat little program that allows a random signature to be
diff -Nru signify-1.14/debian/copyright signify-1.14/debian/copyright
--- signify-1.14/debian/copyright 2020-06-05 21:06:41.0 +0200
+++ signify-1.14/debian/copyright 2024-10-05 11:58:55.0 +0200
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
Files: debian/*
Copyright: 1996-2004 Brian White
2015 Mattia Rizzolo
+ 2024 Simon Josefsson
License: public-domain
License: public-domain
diff -Nru signify-1.14/debian/rules signify-1.14/debian/rules
--- signify-1.14/debian/rules 2020-06-05 21:06:41.0 +0200
+++ signify-1.14/debian/rules 2024-10-05 11:58:55.0 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#! /usr/bin/make -f
-p := signify
+p := signify-mail
%:
dh $@
diff -Nru signify-1.14/debian/tests/control signify-1.14/debian/tests/control
--- signify-1.14/debian/tests/control 2020-06-05 21:06:41.0 +0200
+++ signify-1.14/debian/tests/control 2024-10-05 11:58:55.0 +0200
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
Test-Command: signify --input=debian/tests/files/filetest.txt
+Depends: signify-mail
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
