Backport wireless-tools
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[modifier] debhelper
This one is as simple as Backport dar, except that there is a missing build dependency from stable: debhelper 5. debhelper was already backported so you just have to install it:
aptitude install debhelper/sarge-backports
Beware though that when using dh_gconf (eg for Gnome packages), there is a bug. What's its status now?
[modifier] Trick 1: Uploaders
To see your backports in your Debian QA page (eg [1]), add your e-mail in the debian/control files as well:
Uploaders: Sylvain Beucler <beuc@beuc.net>
(source: [2])
[modifier] Build
Then, the package builds cleanly:
dch -i debuild -us -uc
[modifier] Trick 2: changelog entries in .changes
You may want to includes the last 2 changelog entries in his your .changes files (yours + the last upstream one, instead of just yours). This is nice, because you know what improvements you can get just by reading the mail notification:
debuild -us -uc -v27+28pre16-1
Currently you need to manually specify the version, I don't know of an automated way to do so, even though it's shouldn't be hard to do.
[modifier] Upload
One way to share your backport is to upload it at mentors.debian.net.
dput mentors dar_2.3.0-5~bpo.1_i386.changes
You need to give the -sa option to debuild so it includes the source tarball; otherwise, mentors.debian.net will reject your upload.
kaol also suggested to so a source-only package, since your sponsor will rebuild the package anyway:
debuild -S -sa dput mentors wireless-tools_28-1~bpo.1_source.changes
For the same reason, there's no issue with uploading an orig.tar.gz file even if there's already one at bpo.
When you're done, please send a direct link to the .dsc file, as given by mentors.d.o's template generator:
dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/d/dar/dar_2.3.0-5~bpo.1.dsc
