Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218 Thanks to...

[developers-reference.git] / pkgs.dbk

diff --git a/pkgs.dbk b/pkgs.dbk
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--- a/pkgs.dbk
+++ b/pkgs.dbk
@@ -1153,8 +1153,9 @@ later distributions.  If in doubt, test it with <literal>dpkg
 --compare-versions</literal>.  Be careful not to re-use a version number that
 you have already used for a previous upload, or one that conflicts with a
 binNMU. The convention is to append
-<literal>+</literal><replaceable>codename</replaceable><literal>1</literal>, e.g.
-<literal>1:2.4.3-4+lenny1</literal>, of course increasing 1 for any subsequent
+<literal>+deb</literal><replaceable>X</replaceable><literal>u1</literal> (where
+<replaceable>X</replaceable> is the major release number), e.g.
+<literal>1:2.4.3-4+deb7u1</literal>, of course increasing 1 for any subsequent
 uploads.
 </para>
 </listitem>