[Ubuntu] Updating a package (How to?)

[Johan Van de Wauw]

It seems you are trying to take too many steps at once.

First make sure the package builds (binary) on your own computer
before even considering using launchpad. In your case, the source
package will not build because changes have to be made to the
packaging script to support the new version (on any release).
If all works well, consider using pbuilder (
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto#Multiple%20pbuilders ) to try
building for other releases.

I suggest first having a look at the files under debian/patches and
update these to the new version. Removing all the autogenerated code
(autotools) from these patches looks like a good start.

Johan

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
> So I got a little stuck here, 1st time trying to update a package with a
> newer version. Specifically I was testing updating the Spatialite
> packages in Karmic/Lucid/Sid etc from 2.3.0 to 2.3.1. (If I figure out
> how to do it I plan to create a 2.4.0 now that it came out too)
>
> I'm probably compounding the issues I have by trying to build for Jaunty
> (Ideally I would love to build for Hardy too)
>
> Following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete I pulled the
> dsc, source etc from the existing packages and substituted in the newer
> source. After debuild -S, I uploaded to Launchpad but the build failed,
> because proj and geos weren't available to the auto build tools. I tried
> adding Ubuntugis as a repo for the online build and tried copying the
> packages proj and geos to my ppa, but I'm not sure that brings libproj
> and libgeos with them and those are listed in Ubuntugis directly.
>
> I assume that if I upload the same package for Karmic that it will work.
> But then how would I backport it for Jaunty.
>
> On another route, I used prevu to backport the package but that only
> makes a deb and you can't upload debs to Launchpad.
>
> If someone wants to see my build
> errorshttps://launchpad.net/~wildintellect/+archive/wildintellect
>
> Any help to keep me from wandering in circles in appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
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