[iolib-devel] Linux binary repository for libfixposix

[Desmond O. Chang]

Stelian Ionescu <sionescu at cddr.org> writes:

> On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 00:54 +0800, Desmond O. Chang wrote:
>> Stelian Ionescu <sionescu at cddr.org> writes:
>> 
>> > On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 02:44 +0800, Desmond O. Chang wrote:
>> >> Hi Stelian,
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> I'm the current maintainer of the official Debian package of
>> >> libfixposix [1].  Would you like to merge your repo into Debian
>> >> official repo?  You can maintain it by yourself if you want.
>> >
>> > How would it work ?
>> 
>> 
>> Please register on mentors.debian.net, then:
>> 
>> 1. upload the packages;
>
> I uploaded the files, but it shows you as uploader, as apparently a
> package can only have one uploader. Can you talk to the admins to
> transfer "ownership" to me ?


I think the reason is that there are some old packages uploaded by me
on the server.  I've deleted all of them.  Please upload your package
again.


Another issue is the version number.  0.2.4-1 is less than the current
version (20110316.git47f17f7-1) in the repo.  You can see their order
by checking the exit status of 'dpkg --compare-version':

 $ dpkg --compare-versions 20110316.git47f17f7-1 lt 0.2.4-1
 $ echo $?
 1

To fix it, put an epoch '1:' before 0.2.4-1 [1].

 $ dpkg --compare-versions 20110316.git47f17f7-1 lt 1:0.2.4-1
 $ echo $?
 0


[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version