added a policy for creating and uploading a debian package

check debian changelog version before creating a debian package

make-deb.sh

@@ -5,12 +5,30 @@ set -eu
 PRJ_ROOT=$(dirname $(cd "$(dirname $0)"; pwd))
 PREFIX=cryptobox
 
+
+get_debian_version()
+# compare the given version with the one from debian/changelog
+{
+	head -1 "$SRC_DIR/debian/changelog" | cut -f 2 -d "(" | cut -f 1 -d "-"
+}
+
+
 [ $# -lt 1 -o $# -gt 2 ] && echo "Syntax: `basename $0` VERSION {PATH}" && echo && exit 1
 REL_SRC_DIR=${PREFIX}-${1}
 [ $# -eq 2 ] && REL_SRC_DIR=$2
 SRC_DIR=$(cd "$(pwd)/$REL_SRC_DIR"; pwd)
 [ ! -d "$SRC_DIR" ] && echo "the directory '$REL_SRC_DIR' does not exist!" && exit 2
 
+deb_version=$(get_debian_version)
+if test "$1" = "$deb_version"
+  then	true
+  else	echo "The version number you specified ($1) was not equal to the current debian changelog version ($deb_version)!"
+	echo "Run 'debchange -i' to create a new changelog entry."
+	echo
+	exit 3
+ fi
+
+
 # create the tar file
 "$(dirname $0)/make-tar.sh" "$@"