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[backportpackage] please support backporting to Debian stable

Bug #974132 reported by Benjamin Drung on 2012-04-05

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubuntu-dev-tools (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Wishlist	Unassigned

Bug Description

I want to do something like:

$ backportpackage -d squeeze -s sid shunit2 -u backports

backportpackage needs some adjustments for Debian:

* It should append something like "~bpo60+1" to the version.

* It should always build the binaries and upload these.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubuntu-dev-tools 0.140
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: btrfs zlib_deflate libcrc32c ufs qnx4 hfsplus hfs minix ntfs msdos jfs xfs reiserfs ext2 udf crc_itu_t nls_utf8 isofs nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat ip6table_filter ip6_tables ebtable_nat ebtables ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack ipt_REJECT xt_CHECKSUM openafs iptable_mangle xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables bridge stp kvm_intel kvm bnep rfcomm bluetooth parport_pc ppdev dm_crypt binfmt_misc snd_emu10k1_synth snd_emux_synth snd_seq_virmidi snd_seq_midi_emul snd_emu10k1 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus eeepc_wmi asus_wmi snd_pcm sparse_keymap snd_page_alloc snd_util_mem snd_hwdep snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device joydev snd soundcore psmouse serio_raw mei mac_hid lm75 coretemp lp parport hid_cherry usbhid hid usb_storage uas i915 wmi r8169 drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit video
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 5 12:46:53 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100921.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-dev-tools
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-05 (30 days ago)

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2012-04-05:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (129 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote on 2012-04-05:

backportpackage-debian.patch Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain)

Here's a quick hack to generate the correct prefix for a Debian target.

tags:

added: patch

Benjamin Drung (bdrung) on 2012-04-12

Changed in ubuntu-dev-tools (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-06-01:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu-dev-tools (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2021-12-06:

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-dev-tools - 0.187

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ubuntu-dev-tools (0.187) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Paride Legovini ]
  * mk-sbuild:
    + Add support for zfs-snapshot schroots. LP: #1945349

  [ Mattia Rizzolo ]
  * mk-sbuild:
    + Apply patch from Peter Pentchev to avoid a broken log message.
      Closes: #968316
  * backportpackage:
    + Support backporting to Debian releases. Closes: #776442; LP: #974132
    + Fix the guessing algorithm for the target release:
      - for Debian: pick the current stable release.
      - for Ubuntu: pick the current LTS release.

  [ Unit 193 ]
  * backportpackage:
    + Change the generated Ubuntu version following the new policy from the
      Backporters team.

  [ Dan Streetman ]
  * misc:
    + Refactor download progress bar code.
    + Save files that have Content-Encoding correctly,
      such as the changes file from upload queue packages.
  * pullpkg:
    + Extract source packages pulled from upload queue.
  * hugdaylist:
    + Remove long unused and non-working script.

-- Mattia Rizzolo <email address hidden> Sun, 05 Dec 2021 15:58:15 +0100