Re: Help with watch file

[Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert.spam@gmx.net>]

Am Freitag, den 25.09.2009, 15:30 +0200 schrieb Andreas Tille:

> the package infernal contains a watch file saying:
> 
> version=3
> ftp://infernal.janelia.org/pub/software/infernal/infernal-(.*)\.tar\.gz

Works here (with and without passive mode). However you should handle
rc-versions. Otherwise 1.0rc5 > 1.0. This should work:

version=3
opts=pasv,uversionmangle=s/(rc\d+)/~$1/ \
 ftp://infernal.janelia.org/pub/software/infernal/infernal-(.*)\.tar\.gz

> and the page 
> 
>    ftp://infernal.janelia.org/pub/software/infernal/
> 
> actually contains newer versions than we have packaged.  Unfortunately
> I get
> 
> $ uscan --verbose
[snip]

Please use --debug and try with the --pasv switch too.

Regards, Daniel