On Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 08:53:25PM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote: > Package: pristine-tar > Version: 1.50+nmu1 > Severity: normal > > I discovered that a package I was trying to use with pristine-tar > failed to work. The cause of the issue seems to be that the upstream > tarball contains an empty directory, which is lost when regenerated by > pristine-tar. > > Steps to reproduce using git-buildpackage: > 1. Import the attached minimal working example into git using the command: > gbp import-dsc --pristine-tar foobar_1.0-1.dsc > > 2. Change into the build directory: > cd foobar > > 3. Regenerate the original tar ball using pristine-tar, for example: > gbp buildpackage -S > > 4. Return to the parent directory, then: > > $ tar ztf foobar_1.0.orig.tar.gz > foobar-1.0/ > foobar-1.0/foobar.c > foobar-1.0/Makefile > foobar-1.0/emptydir/ > $ tar ztf build-area/foobar_1.0.orig.tar.gz > foobar-1.0/ > foobar-1.0/Makefile > foobar-1.0/foobar.c > > Note the empty directory has disappeared. Also: > > $ ls -l foobar_1.0.orig.tar.gz build-area/foobar_1.0.orig.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 jdg jdg 253 Mar 4 20:51 build-area/foobar_1.0.orig.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 jdg jdg 193 Mar 4 20:00 foobar_1.0.orig.tar.gz > > Best wishes, > > Julian
I forgot to attach the foobar package, here it is. Julian
Format: 3.0 (quilt) Source: foobar Binary: foobar Architecture: any Version: 1.0-1 Maintainer: Julian Gilbey <j...@debian.org> Homepage: <insert the upstream URL, if relevant> Standards-Version: 4.6.2 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13) Package-List: foobar deb unknown optional arch=any Checksums-Sha1: 0e2d40b683cd46506364ff326fd7990addcde812 193 foobar_1.0.orig.tar.gz 406c92cd201f9a00f15d6f74cfa04ea2b9ac9501 2024 foobar_1.0-1.debian.tar.xz Checksums-Sha256: 19388ac41515a84a018cf030561f6664a50339ea68db874c470491b18c9bc9cb 193 foobar_1.0.orig.tar.gz bfe8513364dcbe2e7b9a44c6436bf0a48ff482105f5414a852eda8190712e543 2024 foobar_1.0-1.debian.tar.xz Files: c111a679204eda05e4cac4997d0c3dfd 193 foobar_1.0.orig.tar.gz 846524b08e24b0b5b0af3401eaf58e7c 2024 foobar_1.0-1.debian.tar.xz
foobar_1.0-1.debian.tar.xz
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