Don't tighten build dependency, fix fresh repos

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/backport b/backport
index 0796fe4..7b698bf 100755
--- a/backport
+++ b/backport
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ ARCH=i386
 export ARCH
 
 # R version against which the software is compiled
-Rversion=3.4.1
 iteration=0
 
 # Where the buildresults should be stored and where to look for current backports
@@ -62,9 +61,6 @@ DIST=$2
 if [ $DIST != "stretch" ] && [ $DIST != "jessie" ] && [ $DIST != "wheezy" ]; then usage; exit 1; fi
 export DIST
 
-# Set required r-base-dev version for packages build-depending on R
-rbasedev="r-base-dev (>= $Rversion)"
-
 # Remove previously extracted sources
 if [ -d $pkg-* ]
 then
@@ -98,7 +94,8 @@ cranversion=$upstreamversion"~"$DIST"cran.$iteration"
 # would make an update of the archive index inside the loop in backport_others 
 # necessary
 
-new_dsc=$rcrandir/$DIST-cran34/${pkg}_${cranversion}.dsc
+#new_dsc=$rcrandir/$DIST-cran34/${pkg}_${cranversion}.dsc
+new_dsc=dummy_value # set temporarily to force rebuilds for the r-api-3.4 transition
 
 if [ -e $new_dsc ]; then