Hi! On Wed, 2020-12-02 at 07:16:52 +0300, Anatoli Babenia wrote: > Package: dpkg-dev > Version: 1.19.7 > Severity: normal > File: /usr/bin/dpkg-source
> It would help greatly if `dpkg-source` reported native or non-native > package type. > > -dpkg-source: info: using source format '1.0' > +dpkg-source: info: using non-native source format '1.0' While I think something like this would be nice, unfortunately I'm afraid this cannot be done right now, because there are still package at least in Debian that have a mismatched version format compared to their source format. See: <https://lintian.debian.org/tags/malformed-debian-changelog-version> For most of which I've filed bug reports, see: <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=dpkg-mismatch-source-vs-version-format;users=debian-d...@lists.debian.org> Unfortunately there are a couple of maintainers that refuse to fix these problems, so we cannot currently have coherent semantics. :( > There is no information about native vs non-native format in this wiki page > https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/SourcePackage > > Mentors FAQ explains it in a lot of detail, but still hard to understand. > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq#What_is_the_difference_between_a_native_Debian_ > package_and_a_non-native_package.3F The dpkg-source man page contains documentation about the various formats: <https://manpages.debian.org/dpkg-source> > `dpkg-source` code does explain the logic either. Detection of source format > relies on checking command line flags, and it does not make sense to me. > > my $v = Dpkg::Version->new($self->{fields}->{'Version'}); > if ($sourcestyle =~ m/[kpursKPUR]/) { > error(g_('non-native package version does not contain a revision')) > if $v->is_native(); > } else { > # FIXME: This will become fatal in the near future. > warning(g_('native package version may not have a revision')) > unless $v->is_native(); > } > > https://salsa.debian.org/dpkg-team/dpkg/-/blob/09c9e02046f18f02bf3c3c2533bc557abfdc828c/scripts/Dpkg/Source/Package/V1.pm#L355 > > It would be nice to see a reference algorithm that detects different package > types. It would help people like me to troubleshoot issues with Debian > packaging faster. It would be nice, and I've been trying to get there, but see above. Thanks, Guillem
