[08:11] <alan_g> xnox: did you ever find an example of changing binary package versions? My attempt at the incantation isn't quite working: https://code.launchpad.net/~alan-griffiths/mir/move-miral-to-mir-no-more-miral-packages/+merge/329993
[10:14] <xnox> alan_g, ah, yes. i'm so sorry totally slipped my plate. Something like: include /usr/share/dpkg/default.mk; override_dh_gencontrol: dh_gencontrol -p libmiral2 -- -v1.5$(DEB_VERSION); dh_gencontrol -> should do it. But let me try it on your branch and provide a usable debdiff.
[10:18] <xnox> alan_g, fixing your code, almost right.
[10:29] <xnox> alan_g, it FTBFS for me =/ but things to change are like this http://paste.ubuntu.com/25483395/
[10:30] <xnox> basically by default dh_* commands act on all packages. If one wants something special to be done, one can call a dh_* -ppackage to do things for a given package specially, and then subsequent naked dh_* call will process all remaining / other packages.
[10:31] <xnox> alan_g, is there some ppa or release i need to build this in? seems to fail to build from source on artful for me.
[10:31] <xnox> and i think we will need to tweak libmiral2's shlibs thing too.
[10:31]  * xnox tries to build in zesty
[10:31] <alan_g> xnox: there shouldn't be
[10:32] <alan_g> Was working for me yesterday (apart from the packaging)
[10:32] <xnox> ack maybe new toolchain in artful-proposed is breaking things.
[10:35] <alan_g> xnox: OK, I'll check latest artful and try your changes
[10:36] <xnox> alan_g, well the zesty build is going further. And I will get to see if these blind changes are right or not =) plus i do think one more thing will be needed to tweak shlibs.
[10:44] <xnox> ah, should have done a no-check build
[11:03] <alan_g> Build on artful seems fine
[11:27] <xnox> alan_g, but my code is still wrong =)
[11:28] <alan_g> xnox: nm, just give me the right code. 8^)
[11:32] <xnox> yeah fixing.
[11:32] <xnox> and triggering a clean rebuild to retest.
[13:52] <alan_g> xnox: no luck?
[14:01] <xnox> alan_g, i think i'm getting as far as you did - it build, but produces the wrong version number.
[14:02] <xnox> but also getting interrupted with other more urgent things.
[14:07] <alan_g> :)