resiprocate_1.9.7-4~bpo70+1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Alexander Wirt]

On Mon, 09 Feb 2015, Daniel Pocock wrote:

> On 09/02/15 09:33, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> > On Mon, 09 Feb 2015, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On 09/02/15 07:08, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 09 Feb 2015, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 08/02/15 23:49, Debian FTP Masters wrote:
> >>>>> resiprocate_1.9.7-4~bpo70+1.dsc: Does not match file already existing in the pool.
> >>>>>
> >>>> I added more detail to the changelog and tried to upload again and it is
> >>>> not accepting the upload
> >>>>
> >>>> Do I need to make it 1.9.7-4~bpo70+2.dsc or 1.9.7-5~bpo70+1.dsc or do
> >>>> something else?
> >>> You don't have to add something to the changelog, you have to use -v when
> >>> building the package. See the docs for more details.
> >>>
> >> The version in wheezy is 1.8.5-4
> >>
> >> The version already in backports is 1.9.7-1~bpo70+1
> >>
> >> The version in jessie is 1:1.9.7-4
> >>
> >> What should I use as the -v argument?
> > Lets cite the docs:
> >
> > "Include all changelog entries since the last version on debian-backports or
> > since stable if it's the first version. You should do this by passing "-v" to
> > dpkg-buildpackage. Eg: "debuild -v0.7.5-2", where "0.7.5-2" is the version in
> > stable. If the package wasn't in stable or backports before you don't have
> > include the changelog entrys (but you are free to do so)."
> 
> That is not really clear
> 
> Where it says 'include all changelog entries' does it mean they should
> be listed in full, with versions and dates, or just the bullet points
> should be copied under the heading of the backport upload version?
> 
> The example with 0.7.5-2 'is the version in stable' appears to be an
> example for a new backport.  My question was about the -v parameter for
> updating an existing backport.
Please read the docs what the -v parameter does. It includes the original
changelog entrys into the changes file. 

Unless your .changes lists all changes since your last upload you can be sure
that you did it wrong. 

Alex