Package: man-db
Version: 2.7.0.2-5
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi,
python3-debian will print warnings when parsing the changelog file from
man-db:
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/debian/changelog.py:275: UserWarning:
Unexpected line while looking for next heading of EOF: * In man-db
-69g: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 20:27:12 +0300
warnings.warn(message)
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/debian/changelog.py:275: UserWarning:
Unexpected line while looking for next heading of EOF: * corrected
typo in aclocal.m4 that made detection of broken pclose
warnings.warn(message)
[...]
A patch that fixes the mal-formed changelog entry is attached. A small
script to reproduce the warning is also attached.
--
Benjamin Drung
System Developer
Debian & Ubuntu Developer
ProfitBricks GmbH
Greifswalder Str. 207
D - 10405 Berlin
Email: benjamin.dr...@profitbricks.com
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Geschäftsführer: Achim Weiss, Matthias Steinberg
>From 5b0380ba066dee971df9e4afbcc01f7745c64749 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Drung <benjamin.dr...@profitbricks.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 14:02:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix malformed debian/changelog entry
python3-debian will print warnings when parsing the changelog file from
man-db:
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/debian/changelog.py:275: UserWarning:
Unexpected line while looking for next heading of EOF: * In man-db
-69g: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 20:27:12 +0300
warnings.warn(message)
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/debian/changelog.py:275: UserWarning:
Unexpected line while looking for next heading of EOF: * corrected
typo in aclocal.m4 that made detection of broken pclose
warnings.warn(message)
[...]
Fix the mal-formed changelog entry.
---
debian/changelog | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index cd2d1054..610458ef 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2723,6 +2723,8 @@ man-db (2.3.10-69h) unstable; urgency=low
-- Fabrizio Polacco <fpola...@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 10:49:11 +0300
+man-db (2.3.10-69g) unstable; urgency=low
+
* In man-db -69g: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 20:27:12 +0300
* corrected typo in aclocal.m4 that made detection of broken pclose
unavailable for configure. Thanx to UNO Takeshi <u...@sysplan.co.jp>
--
2.14.1
#!/usr/bin/python3
# Copyright (C) 2017, ProfitBricks GmbH
# Authors: Benjamin Drung <benjamin.dr...@profitbricks.com>
#
# Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
# purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
# copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
# WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
# ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
# WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
# ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
""" Check changelog from /usr/share/doc/*/changelog.Debian.gz.
Dependencies: apt install python3 python3-debian
"""
import gzip
import os
import debian.changelog
def check(name):
doc_dir = os.path.join("/usr/share/doc", name)
changelog_filename = os.path.join(doc_dir, "changelog.Debian.gz")
if not os.path.exists(changelog_filename):
changelog_filename = os.path.join(doc_dir, "changelog.gz")
changelog_file = gzip.open(changelog_filename, 'r')
debian.changelog.Changelog(file=changelog_file)
check("man-db")
