Re: delayed argument errors from dput

[Matthew Fernandez <matthew.fernandez@gmail.com>]

On 6/15/24 09:26, Matthew Fernandez wrote:
> Hello mentors,
>
> I am getting the following behaviour when trying to upload to mentors:
>
>    $ dput mentors ../rumur_2024.05.07-1_source.changes
>    Checking signature on .changes
>    gpg: ../rumur_2024.05.07-1_source.changes: Valid signature from 
> A44D25C91888A6A4
>    Checking signature on .dsc
>    gpg: ../rumur_2024.05.07-1.dsc: Valid signature from A44D25C91888A6A4
>    Incorrect delayed argument: ValueError: delayed days value must be a 
> decimal integer:
>    $ dput --version
>    dput 1.2
>    $ gpg --version
>    gpg (GnuPG) 2.2.43
>    libgcrypt 1.10.3
>    …
>
> dput seems to somehow think I’m passing --delayed with an argument of… 
> nothing? Searching these error messages or fragments thereof turns up no 
> clues on the internet. Does anyone have a guess/explanation of what’s 
> going on here?

FTR, manually passing --delayed=0 bypasses this error. But I’m still 
unclear what is happening here.