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Re: Bug#820780: clarify syntax of ‘cancel’ command for queue control



On 27-Dec-2016, James Cowgill wrote:
> On 26/12/16 21:36, Ben Finney wrote:
> >> .commands file has invalid Commands line: cancel ../pytest-django_2.9.1-2.1_amd64.changes
> >> debsign: .commands file appears to be invalid. see:
> >> ftp://ftp.upload.debian.org/pub/UploadQueue/README
> >> for valid format
> > 
> > is not very helpful, because the referenced document does not make
> > that constraint plain.

In fact, the “README” document does say:

    […] Except for the DELAYED queue (see below) filenames may not
    contain slashes (so that they're restricted to the queue
    directory). […]

embedded in the paragraph explaining the syntax of commands.

> On the archive side, arguments to 'cancel' must match this regex: […]
> Forward slash is not in the regex, so paths are disallowed.

Thanks.

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Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>

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