#717125 piuparts: document how to test upgrades from wheezy to sid using local pacḱages

Package:
piuparts
Source:
piuparts
Submitter:
Norbert Preining
Date:
2017-09-18 10:36:03 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#717125#5
Date:
2013-07-17 04:54:51 UTC
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Hi,

I am tracking down a bug that regards upgrades from wheezy.
The code that I have to add will only run when upgrading from wheezy,
not from a version in unstable.

That means, when using
	-d stable -d unstable test-package.deb
will not work, since it first upgrades to unstable and then to the
new package.

I think it makes sense to have also an option where first the
stable variant is installed, and then with gdebi or similar the
package on the commandline including its dependencies from unstable
and necessary chagnes.

Thanks

Norbert
#717125#10
Date:
2013-07-17 07:58:37 UTC
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put debs into a local repository, e.g. /tmp/repo, run
  dpkg-scanpackages > Packages
there and add this to piuparts:
#717125#15
Date:
2013-07-17 10:17:37 UTC
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control: tags -1 + moreinfo
thanks

Hi Norbert,

thank you for using piuparts!

what do you expect it to do? (I also dont understand the bug title, care to
explain?)

Do you want to test your package from wheezy to your new package to unstable?

Or do you want to test your package from wheezy to your new package?


cheers,
	Holger
#717125#22
Date:
2013-07-18 06:10:38 UTC
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Hi Andreas, hi Holger,

Yes, thanks, that is what I was searching for.

I did exactely this manually in a cowbuilder chroot, but having
piuparts doing some of these things automatically would be great.

Please, yes.

Sorry, the bug title was rubbish.

What I want is
* install <pkg> in wheezy
* dist-upgrade to sid but use <pkg> from the command line instead of unstable

The reason is that some code in the postinst scripts is only triggered
on upgrades from wheezy, and not from unstable.

So an upgrade path
	wheezy -> sid -> testpackage
will not help.

Thanks

Norbert
#717125#29
Date:
2014-02-14 11:38:02 UTC
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tags 717125 + gift
retitle 717125 document how to test upgrades from wheezy to sid using local pacḱages
thanks

Hi,
[...]

It would be great if someone could update the documentation to explain this use case better. This is *your* chance to become part of the small circle of piuparts
contributors! :-)


cheers,
	Holger
#717125#38
Date:
2014-05-28 19:07:29 UTC
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Hi,

https://wiki.debian.org/piuparts/HowTos#Setup_a_private_repo_using_reprepro is
the other obvious place to document this...


cheers,
	Holger