[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#783135: sbuild: Description of --dist in manpage is incomplete

[Dima Kogan]

Package: sbuild
Version: 0.65.2-1dima3
Severity: normal

Hi. In the sbuild manpage, the only thing stated about --dist is

       -d, --dist=distribution
              Fetch source packages from specified distribution.

This description implies that this setting only controls where sources
come from, which isn't the case. In particular, --dist sets the
OVERRIDE_DISTRIBUTION setting (set_options() in Options.pm), and this
setting affects what ends up in the .changes file (build() in Build.pm).
I think the manpage description should say this.

Thanks!


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (800, 'unstable'), (700, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: armhf, armel, i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages sbuild depends on:
ii  adduser         3.113+nmu3
ii  apt-utils       1.0.9.5
ii  libsbuild-perl  0.65.2-1dima3
ii  perl            5.20.1-4

Versions of packages sbuild recommends:
ii  debootstrap  1.0.67
ii  fakeroot     1.20.2-1

Versions of packages sbuild suggests:
pn  deborphan  <none>
ii  wget       1.16-3

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/sbuild/sbuild.conf changed:
1;


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