Did you delete the previously downloaded tarballs?
You can also force uscan to redownload via `uscan --force-download`.
You may also add the `--verbose` option which will output the different
steps uscan is following. Could you paste the content of your d/watch?
Ghis
On Wed, 2017-05-17 at 14:39 +0000, Nico Schlömer wrote:
> Thanks Ghislain for the explanation.
>
> I'm following exactly the steps you mention, but really I don't see a difference to what I did before. I'm hesitating to push because I'm thinking something must be wrong again. For example, `uscan` doesn't really download anything, let alone filter. It just checks for the current version (7.1.1) and verifies that this is the one in `debian/changelog`.
>
> How can I tell if this time it going right?
>
> Cheers,
> Nico
>
> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 3:38 PM Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> wrote:
> > You can use the following d/gbp.conf:
> >
> > ```
> > [DEFAULT]
> > upstream-branch = upstream
> > debian-branch = master
> > upstream-tag = upstream/%(version)s
> > debian-tag = debian/%(version)s
> > sign-tags = True
> > pristine-tar = True
> > ```
> >
> > which will give you a layout compliant with the d-science policy, and
> > enable signed tags and systematic commit of a pristine-tar tarball on
> > each new import.
> >
> > Ghis
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2017-05-17 at 13:27 +0000, Nico Schlömer wrote:
> > > Thanks Ghislain for the info.
> > >
> > > Would you be so kind to create the vtk7 repo on alioth so I can proceed with the instructions?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Nico
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 1:30 PM Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2017-05-17 at 11:08 +0000, Nico Schlömer wrote:
> > > > > Does this go out to Gert or to me? I'm assuming myself.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Prior to debianizing, did you manage to build VTK 7.x with the system
> > > > > > libraries locally on your machine?
> > > > >
> > > > > No, I've only ever built it in a clean environment on launchpad. [1]
> > > >
> > > > Ack.
> > > >
> > > > > > Did you check for dfsg-compliance, vendored dependencies and licensing
> > > > > > compatibility within the code base?
> > > > >
> > > > > I've manually compared the source trees of VTK6 and VTK7, looked at the differences and added respective entries to the copyright file.
> > > >
> > > > Good, so once you have the following information recorded in a git
> > > > initialised folder:
> > > >
> > > > - Source package name (d/changelog)
> > > > - Files-Excluded pattern (d/copyright)
> > > > - Remote fetching regexp (d/watch)
> > > > - Repository layout (d/gbp.conf)
> > > >
> > > > You can just run `uscan` followed by `gbp import-orig ../$TARBALL` and
> > > > your packaging repository is good to go. Beyond this point, all you
> > > > have to do is work on the rest of the debianization in the `master`
> > > > branch.
> > > >
> > > > You should not have to setup the packaging repository ever again unless
> > > > you screwed up the check-list in my earlier reply.
> > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Nico
> > > > >
> > > > > [1] https://launchpad.net/~nschloe/+archive/ubuntu/vtk7
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 12:54 PM Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Prior to debianizing, did you manage to build VTK 7.x with the system
> > > > > > libraries locally on your machine?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Did you check for dfsg-compliance, vendored dependencies and licensing
> > > > > > compatibility within the code base?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Did you complete this check-list?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ghis
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, 2017-05-17 at 10:05 +0000, Nico Schlömer wrote:
> > > > > > > > I'm afraid you'll have to start over again ...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have to admit it is really frustrating to start over so many times. I'm happy to work for free if it's fun or rewarding; this really is neither.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I packaged using this [1] documentation, and the only mention of uscan is with
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Using a debian/watch file (recommended)
> > > > > > > > $ gbp import-orig --uscan
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Since I didn't use a watch file (but downloaded the sources manually), I didn't use it. If it's so important, I don't understand why `--uscan` isn't the default.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Anyhow.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Gert, please recreate the repo on alioth.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > > Nico
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > [1] https://wiki.debian.org/PackagingWithGit
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 11:41 AM Gert Wollny <gw.fossdev@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Am Mittwoch, den 17.05.2017, 08:29 +0000 schrieb Nico Schlömer:
> > > > > > > > > > I would suggest to remove the whole Win32/ subtree from the source
> > > > > > > > > code via the debian/copyright files-excluded directive.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Weirdly, this is already done.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I guess you didn't use uscan to download the tarball, only then it is
> > > > > > > > repackaged removing files. But this also might remove some embedded
> > > > > > > > libraries you re-added (check the d/copyright file for excludes).
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I'm afraid you'll have to start over again ...
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > many thanks,
> > > > > > > > Gert
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > PS: This week I'm a bit tied up, next week I'll be able to help you a
> > > > > > > > bit more.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > ```
> > > > > > > > > Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/
> > > > > > > > > 1.0/
> > > > > > > > > Source: http://www.vtk.org/
> > > > > > > > > Upstream-Name: Visualization Toolkit
> > > > > > > > > Files-Excluded:
> > > > > > > > > Web/*
> > > > > > > > > Examples/GUI/Win32
> > > > > > > > > [...]
> > > > > > > > > ```
> > > > > > > > > I'm not sure why the warnings still show up. Any idea?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > > > > Nico
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 5:56 PM Nico Schlömer <nico.schloemer@gmail.c
> > > > > > > > > om> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > Actually, I git it to build in a clean environment without that
> > > > > > > > > > > dependency. Why did you add it?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I don't remember now. I've played around with VTK master for a long
> > > > > > > > > > time before 7.1.1 came out (with fixes I had applied upstream), so
> > > > > > > > > > it might have been from there. Anyways, good news!
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I'll see about the other things you mentioned in your previous
> > > > > > > > > > mail.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > > > > > Nico
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 5:51 PM Gert Wollny <gw.fossdev@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > Am Dienstag, den 16.05.2017, 15:07 +0200 schrieb Gert Wollny:
> > > > > > > > > > > > Am Dienstag, den 16.05.2017, 11:25 +0000 schrieb Nico Schlömer:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I had to refresh the quilt patches (I've pushed the
> > > > > > > > > > > changes),
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > now
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm missing a package "happycoders-libsocket-dev" that
> > > > > > > > > > > doesn't
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > seem
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > be available in unstable (but it is in Ubuntu), so I'm a
> > > > > > > > > > > bit
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > lost.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Aha. I indeed compiled all of it on ubuntu [1]. Is there a
> > > > > > > > > > > Debian-
> > > > > > > > > > > > > equivalent of libsocket-dev perhaps?
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Actually, I git it to build in a clean environment without that
> > > > > > > > > > > dependency. Why did you add it?
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > > > > > > Gert
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