> how can people upload a changes without a dsc file? > I'm really worried about how can people mess up with some simple > dpkg commands, do they manually edit changes files?
Gianfranco, watch your words and stay kind. No "they" which is in this case me don't f*ck around with dpkg commands - my friend. I'm uploading packages for more than 5 years and never had problems so I think I know how things are supposed to work. Cheers, Werner These were my last uploads and packages were generated with bgp / git-buildpackage (like I did the last 5 years). werner@debian:~/Debian/mytop$ dput mentors-ftp mytop_1.9.1-3_source.changes Checking signature on .changes gpg: Signature made Tue 22 Nov 2016 10:30:32 PM CET gpg: using RSA key 03B346A87E36048870E56E9C2AD2A004BFB21FE1 gpg: issuer "wer...@aloah-from-hell.de" gpg: Good signature from "Werner Detter <wer...@aloah-from-hell.de>" [ultimate] Good signature on /home/werner/Debian/mytop/mytop_1.9.1-3_source.changes. Checking signature on .dsc gpg: Signature made Tue 22 Nov 2016 10:30:32 PM CET gpg: using RSA key 03B346A87E36048870E56E9C2AD2A004BFB21FE1 gpg: issuer "wer...@aloah-from-hell.de" gpg: Good signature from "Werner Detter <wer...@aloah-from-hell.de>" [ultimate] Good signature on /home/werner/Debian/mytop/mytop_1.9.1-3.dsc. Package includes an .orig.tar.gz file although the debian revision suggests that it might not be required. Multiple uploads of the .orig.tar.gz may be rejected by the upload queue management software. Package is now being checked with lintian. Uploading to mentors-ftp (via ftp to mentors.debian.net): Uploading mytop_1.9.1-3.dsc: done. Uploading mytop_1.9.1.orig.tar.gz: done. Uploading mytop_1.9.1-3.debian.tar.xz: done. Uploading mytop_1.9.1-3_source.changes: done. werner@debian:~/Debian/policyd-weight$ dput mentors-ftp policyd-weight_0.1.15.2-12_source.changes Checking signature on .changes gpg: Signature made Tue 22 Nov 2016 10:29:39 PM CET gpg: using RSA key 03B346A87E36048870E56E9C2AD2A004BFB21FE1 gpg: issuer "wer...@aloah-from-hell.de" gpg: Good signature from "Werner Detter <wer...@aloah-from-hell.de>" [ultimate] Good signature on /home/werner/Debian/policyd-weight/policyd-weight_0.1.15.2-12_source.changes. Checking signature on .dsc gpg: Signature made Tue 22 Nov 2016 10:29:33 PM CET gpg: using RSA key 03B346A87E36048870E56E9C2AD2A004BFB21FE1 gpg: issuer "wer...@aloah-from-hell.de" gpg: Good signature from "Werner Detter <wer...@aloah-from-hell.de>" [ultimate] Good signature on /home/werner/Debian/policyd-weight/policyd-weight_0.1.15.2-12.dsc. Package includes an .orig.tar.gz file although the debian revision suggests that it might not be required. Multiple uploads of the .orig.tar.gz may be rejected by the upload queue management software. Package is now being checked with lintian. Uploading to mentors-ftp (via ftp to mentors.debian.net): Uploading policyd-weight_0.1.15.2-12.dsc: done. Uploading policyd-weight_0.1.15.2.orig.tar.gz: done. Uploading policyd-weight_0.1.15.2-12.debian.tar.xz: done. Uploading policyd-weight_0.1.15.2-12_source.changes: done. Successfully uploaded packages.