Bug#687419: devscripts: Enabling uscan to choose compression method when repackaging upstream source
Package: devscripts
Version: 2.10.69+squeeze2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hi,
as it was requested on debian-devel (for instance in[1]) an option to
influence the compression method when a repackaging is done by uscan
(either by using --repack option or when regarding the Files-Excluded
field in debian/copyright - provided the patch for bug #685787 will be
accepted) is nice to have. I submitted a patch to do this in the Git
repository where I also maintain the code for #685787. The actual
commit can be found here:
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/tille/devscripts.git;a=commitdiff;h=4529b0d3b6e42ba0d6931d04e276fa419fcef658
I have tested this on several packages from Debian Med repository
successfully. Please feel free to cherry pick from the Git repository.
Any further testing is welcome.
Kind regards
Andreas.
[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/08/msg00402.html
-- Package-specific info:
--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---
--- ~/.devscripts ---
Not present
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.5
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.36-xenU-4814-i386 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii dpkg-dev 1.15.8.12 Debian package development tools
ii libc6 2.11.3-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii perl 5.10.1-17squeeze3 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
pn at <none> (no description available)
ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20100314cvs-1 simple mail user agent
ii curl 7.21.0-2.1+squeeze2 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or
ii dctrl-tools 2.14.5 Command-line tools to process Debi
pn debian-keyring <none> (no description available)
pn debian-maintainers <none> (no description available)
ii dput 0.9.6.1+squeeze1 Debian package upload tool
pn equivs <none> (no description available)
ii fakeroot 1.14.4-1 Gives a fake root environment
ii git [git-core] 1:1.7.2.5-3 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
ii git-core 1:1.7.2.5-3 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
ii gnupg 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
pn libauthen-sasl-per <none> (no description available)
pn libcrypt-ssleay-pe <none> (no description available)
pn libjson-perl <none> (no description available)
pn libparse-debcontro <none> (no description available)
pn libsoap-lite-perl <none> (no description available)
pn libterm-size-perl <none> (no description available)
ii libtimedate-perl 1.2000-1 collection of modules to manipulat
ii liburi-perl 1.54-2 module to manipulate and access UR
ii libwww-perl 5.836-1 Perl HTTP/WWW client/server librar
pn libyaml-syck-perl <none> (no description available)
pn lintian <none> (no description available)
ii lsb-release 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base version report
ii lynx-cur [www-brow 2.8.8dev.5-1 Text-mode WWW Browser with NLS sup
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
ii mailx 1:20071201-3 Transitional package for mailx ren
ii man-db 2.5.7-8 on-line manual pager
ii openssh-client [ss 1:5.5p1-6+squeeze2 secure shell (SSH) client, for sec
ii patch 2.6-2 Apply a diff file to an original
ii patchutils 0.3.1-2 Utilities to work with patches
ii sensible-utils 0.0.4 Utilities for sensible alternative
pn strace <none> (no description available)
ii unzip 6.0-4 De-archiver for .zip files
ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.2-9 WWW browsable pager with excellent
pn wdiff <none> (no description available)
ii wget 1.12-2.1 retrieves files from the web
ii xz-utils 5.0.0-2 XZ-format compression utilities
Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
ii build-essential 11.5 Informational list of build-essent
pn cvs-buildpackage <none> (no description available)
pn devscripts-el <none> (no description available)
pn gnuplot <none> (no description available)
pn libfile-desktopentry-p <none> (no description available)
pn libnet-smtp-ssl-perl <none> (no description available)
ii mutt 1.5.20-9+squeeze2 text-based mailreader supporting M
pn svn-buildpackage <none> (no description available)
ii w3m 0.5.2-9 WWW browsable pager with excellent
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