Bug#358255: Make pbuilder fail with a meaningful error when .changes file is used instead of .dsc

Jakub Wilk ubanus at users.sf.net
Fri Aug 7 15:02:08 UTC 2009


* Junichi Uekawa <dancer at netfort.gr.jp>, 2006-03-24, 08:19:
>> Please add a check to pbuilder to make it recognize if the .changes file is
>> used instead of the .dsc file in the "pbuilder build <file>" command and fail
>> with a meaningful warning.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Alex.
>>
>> P.S.: Yes, I did foolishly try to build using the .changes file and, of
>> course, pbuilder was trying to use the package category "web" or "graphics" or
>> whatever I was building as a file name and failed with a message like this:
>
>Heh. that might be a good idea.

The same happened to me and pbuilder gave me no clue what could had
gone wrong. So at least a warning when file format is suspected to be 
wrong would be appreciated by me.

>I can't think up of any reliable way to check it. There are options
>
>1. checking the name ends with .dsc
>
>	is .dsc the only valid exception ever?

This is how lintian distinguishes between .changes and .dsc.

>2. checking the contents
>
>	check against what? is this method fragile?

"Files:" headers use different formats.

-- 
Jakub Wilk





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