[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#681292: Bug#681292: sbuild: Please add "binary-only=yes" keyword in the changelog for binNMUs

[Roger Leigh]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 08:57:53AM +0200, Raphaël Hertzog wrote:
> dpkg-dev introduced a generic solution for binNMUs that doesn't hardcode
> the requirement to use a "+bX" suffix. All you have to do is to add
> a "binary-only=yes" keyword in the changelog header line like this:
> 
> ftplib (3.1-1-9+b1) unstable; urgency=low, binary-only=yes

Adding this will be fine.  I just have a question regarding
backward compatibility:

Will older versions of dpkg work with the new binary-only=
keyword (i.e. ignore it)?  Or will we need to do a dpkg
version check and do this conditionally?


Thanks,
Roger

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