Updating the Debian Package

		GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide by Graham Williams

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Updating the Debian Package

Make changes to any of the debian files and increment the Debian release number (the number after the “-” in the version) using dch and regenerate the Debian packages:

  $ dch -i
  $ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
  $ cd .. 
  $ lintian -i wajig_0.1.2-2_i386.changes
  $ cp wajig_0.1.2* /var/www/debian/
  $ cd /var/www/debian/
  $ chmod go+r wajig_0.1.2*
  $ apt-ftparchive packages . > Packages
  $ apt-ftparchive sources  . > Sources
  $ gzip -c Packages > Packages.gz
  $ gzip -c Sources  > Sources.gz

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