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kai
Asked: 2011-06-21 08:07:22 +0800 CST

Can reprepro accept a new version of a package into the repository?

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I have installed a package into my own debian package repository like so:

$ sudo reprepro -b /var/packages/ubuntu includedeb maverick my-package_0.8-0_all.deb 
my-package_0.8-0_all.deb: component guessed as 'main'
Exporting indices...

I have installed my package on a few machines using apt-get install.

I have now added new features to my software and would like to add a new minor version of my package to the repository so that I may update my machines using apt-get upgrade.

I try to do this like so:

$ sudo reprepro -b /var/packages/ubuntu includedeb maverick my-package_0.9-0_all.deb 
my-package_0.9-0_all.deb: component guessed as 'main'
Skipping inclusion of 'my-package' '1.0-0' in 'maverick|main|i386', as it has already '1.0-0'.
Skipping inclusion of 'my-package' '1.0-0' in 'maverick|main|amd64', as it has already '1.0-0'.

It looks like I need to tell reprepro that this is a new version of the same package but I have no idea how to do this. I have read the reprepro man page several times and searched on the net for a couple of hours but I have not found any answers.

Am I missing something?

Many thanks.

linux debian apt deb

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Reprepro is not able to hold two versions of a package in the same distribution.

    See answer to question 3.1 here: https://web.archive.org/web/20120103201823/http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=mirrorer/reprepro.git;a=blob_plain;f=docs/FAQ;hb=HEAD

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  2. When you build your dpkg, you should increment the package version as per here.

    The Debian Revision Number (the -xxx at the end of packages) is the one you should increment.

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