[pkg-firebird-general] Building firebird on etch

[Steffen Heil]

Hi

> Now imagine there is security update for firebird, using 
> version -7lenny1. This sorts higher that -7, but is lower 
> than -7+* and you won't receive the update.
> 
> This is where ~ kicks in. It sorts below the empty string[1] 
> and if you use version string of -7~~etch1, firebrid2.0 would 
> have been upgraded to Lenny and later to the security-issued version.
> 
> Why two ~'s? Because I'd use -7~bpo1 for the version for 
> backports.org.

Ok, I start to understand.

On the other hand, as I don't change the package in any way, why should I
rename it at all?
Couldn't I just keep the original name?

Regards,
  Steffen
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