Package: devscripts Version: 2.25.12 Severity: normal Hi,
reproducible examples for the problem: away(master) $ ls -l CVS total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 andreas admin 421 19. Mai 16:35 Entries -rw-r--r-- 1 andreas admin 11 19. Mai 16:35 Repository -rw-r--r-- 1 andreas admin 25 19. Mai 16:35 Root away(master) $ dch Test away(master) $ /usr/bin/debcommit -a cvs diff: in directory .: cvs diff: ignoring CVS/Root because it specifies a non-existent repository /home/hrothgar/devel/cvs cvs diff: No CVSROOT specified! Please use the `-d' option cvs [diff aborted]: or set the CVSROOT environment variable. debcommit: unable to determine commit message using cvs Try using the -m flag. vstream-client(master) $ ls -l .svn total 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 andreas admin 1446 Dec 4 15:55 all-wcprops -rw-r--r-- 1 andreas admin 2560 Dec 4 15:55 entries -rw-r--r-- 1 andreas admin 2 Dec 4 15:55 format drwxr-xr-x 2 andreas admin 4096 Dec 4 15:55 prop-base drwxr-xr-x 2 andreas admin 4096 Dec 4 15:55 text-base vstream-client(master) $ dch Test vstream-client(master) $ /usr/bin/debcommit -a svn: E155007: »/home/andreas/debian-maintain/salsa/debian/botd/vstream-client/debian/changelog« is not a working copy debcommit: unable to determine commit message using svn Try using the -m flag. The problem is fixed in MR https://salsa.debian.org/debian/devscripts/-/merge_requests/511 Kind regards Andreas. -- Package-specific info: --- /etc/devscripts.conf --- Empty. --- ~/.devscripts --- DEBSIGN_PROGRAM=gpg [email protected] -- System Information: Debian Release: 13.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (50, 'unstable'), (5, 'experimental'), (1, 'buildd-experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 6.12.27-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE:de Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages devscripts depends on: ii dpkg-dev 1.22.18 ii file 1:5.46-5 ii gpg 2.4.7-17 ii gpg-agent 2.4.7-17 ii gpgv 2.4.7-17 ii libdpkg-perl 1.22.18 ii libfile-dirlist-perl 0.05-3 ii libfile-homedir-perl 1.006-2 ii libfile-touch-perl 0.12-2 ii libmoo-perl 2.005005-1 ii libwww-perl 6.78-1 ii patchutils 0.4.2-1 ii perl 5.40.1-3 ii python3 3.13.3-1 ii sensible-utils 0.0.25 ii wdiff 1.2.2-9 Versions of packages devscripts recommends: ii apt 3.0.1 ii curl 8.13.0-5 ii dctrl-tools 2.24-3+b1 ii debian-keyring 2025.04.25 ii debian-tag2upload-keyring 1.1 ii dput-ng [dput] 1.43 ii equivs 2.3.2 ii libdistro-info-perl 1.13 ii libencode-locale-perl 1.05-3 ii libgit-wrapper-perl 0.048-2 ii libgitlab-api-v4-perl 0.27-1 ii libjson-perl 4.10000-1 ii liblist-compare-perl 0.55-2 ii liblwp-protocol-https-perl 6.14-1 ii libsoap-lite-perl 1.27-3 ii libstring-shellquote-perl 1.04-3 ii libtry-tiny-perl 0.32-1 ii liburi-perl 5.30-1 ii licensecheck 3.3.9-1 ii lintian 2.122.0 ii lzip 1.25-3 ii man-db 2.13.1-1 ii patch 2.8-1 ii pristine-tar 1.50+nmu2 ii python3-apt 3.0.0 ii python3-debian 1.0.1 ii python3-magic 2:0.4.27-3 ii python3-requests 2.32.3+dfsg-5 pn python3-unidiff <none> ii python3-xdg 0.28-2 ii strace 6.13+ds-1 ii unzip 6.0-29 ii wget 1.25.0-2 ii xz-utils 5.8.1-1 Versions of packages devscripts suggests: ii adequate 0.17.5+b4 ii at 3.2.5-2.2 ii autopkgtest 5.49 ii bls-standalone 0.20151231+b1 ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20220412cvs-1 ii build-essential 12.12 ii check-all-the-things 2017.05.20+nmu1 ii debhelper 13.24.2 pn diffoscope <none> pn disorderfs <none> pn docker.io <none> ii dose-extra 7.0.0-6 ii duck 0.14.4 pn elpa-devscripts <none> pn faketime <none> ii gnuplot 6.0.2+dfsg1-1 ii gnuplot-x11 [gnuplot] 6.0.2+dfsg1-1 ii how-can-i-help 20 ii libauthen-sasl-perl 2.1700-1 ii libdbd-pg-perl 3.18.0-1+b3 pn libterm-size-perl <none> ii libtimedate-perl 2.3300-2 ii libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.903.0+ds-1 ii mailutils [mailx] 1:3.19-1 ii mmdebstrap 1.5.7-1 ii mutt 2.2.13-1 ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:10.0p1-5 ii piuparts 1.6.0 ii postgresql-client 17+277 ii postgresql-client-16 [postgresql-client] 16.4-3+b1 ii postgresql-client-17 [postgresql-client] 17.4-2 pn pristine-lfs <none> ii python3-debianbts 4.1.1 ii python3-pycurl 7.45.6-1 ii quilt 0.68-1 ii ratt 0.0~git20220805.e6b9cb4-1+b6 pn reprotest <none> pn svn-buildpackage <none> ii w3m 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1 -- no debconf information
