Package: git-buildpackage Version: 0.5.32 Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line ***
In version 0.5.32, git-buildpackage differentiates native packages (i.e., those consisting of only a single tarball and a .dsc) from others by looking for a '-' in the version number. This appears to be incorrect, at least for some packages; e2fsprogs 1.4.12-4stable1 is a native package, but git-buildpackage thinks otherwise. This leads to a build failure. git-buildpackage is unable to locate the pristine-tar file in my repository because the "-4stable1" suffix is incorrectly being stripped from the version number. I have created a patch to gbp/deb.py to try and correct this problem. It "Works For Me" - your mileage may vary. Here is what I did: when parse_changelog is called with a filename parameter, I look for a file named "source/format" in the same directory as the changelog. If that file does not exist, the package is considered native. If that file does exist, and the first line contains the string "native" somewhere within it, the package is also considered native. If the file exists but does not contain the string "native" then the package is considered non-native. I store the result of this test in the changelog dictionary with the key "X-Source-Format-Native" for later use by the is_native function. If parse_changelog is called without a filename parameter, or if is_native is passed a dict that doesn't contain "X-Source-Format-Native", it falls back on the previous heuristic of looking for a "-". This may be an extremely naive interpretation of "debian/source/format," but it seems to be working out for me. The dsc in question and my patch are attached to this message. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.5 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages git-buildpackage depends on: ii devscripts 2.10.69+squeeze2 scripts to make the life of a Debi ii git [git-core] 1:1.7.10-1~bpo60+1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi ii python 2.6.6-3+squeeze7 interactive high-level object-orie ii python-dateutil 1.4.1-3 powerful extensions to the standar ii python2.6 2.6.6-8+b1 An interactive high-level object-o Versions of packages git-buildpackage recommends: ii cowbuilder 0.62+nmu2 pbuilder running on cowdancer ii pristine-tar 1.03 regenerate pristine tarballs Versions of packages git-buildpackage suggests: pn python-notify <none> (no description available) ii unzip 6.0-4 De-archiver for .zip files -- no debconf information
e2fsprogs_1.41.12-4stable1.dsc
Description: e2fsprogs_1.41.12-4stable1.dsc
0001-try-to-use-debian-source-format-to-identify-native-p.patch
Description: 0001-try-to-use-debian-source-format-to-identify-native-p.patch
