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| author | Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2019-09-05 16:50:28 +0100 |
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| committer | Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> | 2019-09-14 20:29:30 +0100 |
| commit | 506e117246da9f49499dcd8c97993316c79b4a66 (patch) | |
| tree | 2a819bbce50999793a33dd2588a293fa0818a310 | |
| parent | 5b3766dcfcd3984ed864a0334f02deb5999a8b2a (diff) | |
dgit-maint-bpo(7): Mention occasional need for --new
Closes: #935443
Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
| -rw-r--r-- | dgit-maint-bpo.7.pod | 6 |
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diff --git a/dgit-maint-bpo.7.pod b/dgit-maint-bpo.7.pod index e977d25..86372dd 100644 --- a/dgit-maint-bpo.7.pod +++ b/dgit-maint-bpo.7.pod @@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ This document describes elements of a workflow for using B<dgit> to maintain an official Debian backport. We do not assume that whoever uploads the package to Debian unstable is using B<dgit>. +=head1 GENERAL TIPS + +The first time a package is backported +for any particular Debian release, +you will have to pass the --new option to dgit. + =head1 TERMINOLOGY Let the I<master> branch contain the packaging history uploaded to |