Re: The pristine-tar and upstream tarball

[Håvard Flaget Aasen <haavard_aasen@yahoo.no>]

> repository alone, right? Then How to do it? I tried:
>
> $ gbp import-orig --pristine-tar --uscan
> gbp:info: Launching uscan...
> gbp:info: package is up to date, nothing to do.
>
> $ uscan --download | wc
>        0       0       0
>
> $ uscan --verbose --download
> . . .
> uscan info: Filename (filenamemangled) for downloaded file: dbab-1.3.3.tar.gz
> uscan info: Newest version of dbab on remote site is 1.3.3, local
> version is 1.3.3
> uscan info:    => Package is up to date for from
>        https://github.com/suntong/dbab/archive/1.3.3.tar.gz
> uscan info: Scan finished
>
> but still, no upstream tarball downloaded.
If you are trying to download the upstream tarball from the
salsa repo, to you computer, the command is

$ gbp export-orig

The command you are using
$ gbp import-orig --pristine-tar --uscan
checks the upstream for new version. But doesn't download
anything, since you already have the latest version.
> My other question is, there does seems to be some problem with my
> pristine-tar branch:
>
> $ gbp buildpackage
> dh clean
>     dh_auto_clean
>          make -j1 clean
> make[1]: Entering directory '/export/build/pkg/dbab/dbab'
> rm -f assets/dbab-svr.8
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/export/build/pkg/dbab/dbab'
>     dh_clean
> gbp:warning: Unknown compression type of - [*] give pristine-tar files
> proper names, assuming gzip
> gbp:info: Creating /export/build/pkg/dbab/build-area/dbab_1.3.3.orig.tar.gz
> gbp:error: Error creating dbab_1.3.3.orig.tar.gz: Pristine-tar
> couldn't checkout "dbab_1.3.3.orig.tar.gz": fatal: Path
> 'dbab_1.3.3.orig.tar.gz.delta' does not exist in
> 'refs/heads/pristine-tar'
> pristine-tar: git show
> refs/heads/pristine-tar:dbab_1.3.3.orig.tar.gz.delta failed
I'm not sure I am of much help here, the only thing i noticed is that
the files in your pristine-tar repo is tar.xz not tar.gz
but i believe it should handle both types.

I made a repo earlier today using this guide.
https://wiki.debian.org/Python/GitPackaging#Creating_new_repositories

It's at least a starting point.

Regards,
Håvard