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authorLars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>2015-07-03 17:36:49 +0300
committerLars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>2015-07-03 17:36:49 +0300
commit7cae256462b9d0324ec4c3d767223091cbd27108 (patch)
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Update doc about why .0ci{buildno} mangling
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@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ In release build mode, however, we want no mangling.
## Create upstream release tar archive
We create a tar archive by extracing the source code from git. For CI
-builds, the mangled upstream version is used.
+builds, the mangled upstream version is used. Note how the mangled
+upstream version gets `.0ci{buildno}` appended to it: the `.0` is to
+make sure the mangled version comes after `3.2` but before `3.2.1`
+using Debian version comparison semantics.
WHEN user runs, in foo,
... cleanly --ci --buildno 42 --debian-release=debian7 tarball