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NOTES: Updating a Debian package with a new upstream release generalized
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update-deb-new-upstream-notes.txt
Based on http://blog.fili.nl/updating-a-debian-package-with-a-new-upstream-release/
wget {URL OF NEW UPSTREAM SOURCE TAR.GZ}
sudo apt-get install devscripts
sudo apt-get build-dep {PACKAGENAME}
sudo apt-get source {PACKAGENAME}
cd {PACKAGESOURCE-DIR}
uupdate ../{NEW UPSTREAM SOURCE TAR.GZ} -v {NEW UPSTREAM VERSION}
cd ../{NEW UPSTREAM PACKAGESOURCE-DIR}
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -nc
#This may warn about issues with genchanges, but if the .deb file is created, you do not need to care about it.
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