watch file syntax

[Ian Duggan <ian@ianduggan.net>]

When specifying the regexp to be used in a watch file, are backslashes
supposed to be escaped? The New Maintainer's Guide says one thing, but
the man page for uscan says another. Which is preferred/correct?

Where do I ask to get the incorrect version updated?


man uscan:
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# Site               Directory   Pattern              Version Script
tsx-11.mit.edu       /.../dosemu dosemu-(.*)\\.tgz    debian  uupdate
ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk  /.../cweb   cweb-(.*)\\.tar\\.gz 3.4c
http://www.cpan.org  /.../Text/  Text-CSV_XS-(.*)\\.tar\\.gz debian


new maintainer's guide:
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# watch control file for uscan
# Site           Directory       Pattern                 Version Script
ftp.obsession.se /gentoo         gentoo-(.*)\.tar\.gz    debian  uupdate


-- Ian

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