How to override previous version?

[Jon Turney]

On 10/12/2016 22:42, David Rothenberger wrote:
> When I package Subversion, I usually leave the last major release as the
> previous version in setup because there are compatibility issues when
> updating major releases.
>
> I'm now a little confused about how to accomplish this with the new
> pvr.hint scheme. I think I just need to upload an override.hint file,
> but I'm not sure what its contents should be nor whether I need to make
> one for each package or just one for the entire directory.
>
> Subversion has many child packages, so I get a dist tree with the
> top-level subversion package and then subdirectories for each child
> package. Now each of these have a separate pvr.hint file.
>
> I'm trying to package 1.9.5-1 and 1.8.17-1. Would I do this by creating
> an override.hint file in the top-level dist directory with the contents:
>
> prev: 1.8.17-1
>
> Is that sufficient? Any advice would be appreciated.

That looks like the right contents.

But currently, an override.hint is required for each (sub)package.