[debhelper-devel] Bug#747141: Bug#747141: ping

[Niels Thykier]

Dima Kogan:
> Hi. I just hit this with the geda-gaf source package, and it would be
> great if this was fixed, rather than remaining the hidden pitfall that
> it is now.
> 
> The debian binNMU wiki page (https://wiki.debian.org/binNMU) suggests
> using ${source:Version} instead of ${binary:Version} to avoid this
> issue, so how do we feel about the attached patch to debhelper?
> 
> 
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Hi Dima,

The issue in geda-gaf cannot be solved in debhelper correctly.  Please
have a look at #766711 to understand the reasoning.

Basically:
 * We can only support two style of binNMUs: arch:all -> arch:all OR
   arch:any -> arch: any.  Anything else will break.
 * Compat 10 and later will forbid possibly broken setups.  We tried to
   retro fit it into compat 9 and earlier, but it broke in unintended
   ways (we could not reliably detect the issues).

Thanks,
~Niels