Package: devscripts
Version: 2.20.2ubuntu2
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
/usr/bin/uscan miscompare commit hash in some cases, see:
tested with uscan version version 2.23.7 on Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
and version 2.20.2ubuntu2 on 20.04.6 LTS (Focal Fossa)
```
inst/watcher > cat ./watchfile
uscan --watchfile /tmp/watchdzvt5jcg --package SparsePainter
--upstream-version e18060f --destdir=/tmp --verbose
inst/watcher > uscan --watchfile ./watchfile --package SparsePainter
--upstream-version e18060f --destdir=/tmp --verbose
uscan info: uscan (version 2.20.2ubuntu2) See uscan(1) for help
uscan info: Option --watchfile=./watchfile used
uscan info: Process watch file at: ./watchfile
package = SparsePainter
version = e18060f
pkg_dir = .
uscan info: opts: mode=git, gitmode=full, pgpmode=none, pretty=%h
uscan info: line: https://github.com/YaolingYang/SparsePainter HEAD
uscan info: Parsing mode=git
uscan info: Parsing gitmode=full
uscan info: Parsing pgpmode=none
uscan info: Parsing pretty=%h
uscan info: line: https://github.com/YaolingYang/SparsePainter HEAD
uscan info: Last orig.tar.* tarball version (from debian/changelog): e18060f
uscan info: Last orig.tar.* tarball version (dversionmangled): e18060f
Cloning into bare repository '/tmp/SparsePainter-temporary.127613.git'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1797, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (158/158), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (78/78), done.
remote: Total 1797 (delta 123), reused 79 (delta 79), pack-reused 1639
(from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (1797/1797), 20.66 MiB | 27.54 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1100/1100), done.
uscan info: Looking at $base =
https://github.com/YaolingYang/SparsePainter with
$filepattern = HEAD found
$newfile = HEAD
$newversion = c08fd50
$lastversion = e18060f
uscan info: Upstream URL(+tag) to download is identified as
https://github.com/YaolingYang/SparsePainter HEAD
uscan info: Filename (filenamemangled) for downloaded file:
SparsePainter-c08fd50.tar.xz
uscan info: Newest version of SparsePainter on remote site is c08fd50,
local version is e18060f
uscan info: => Only older package available from
https://github.com/YaolingYang/SparsePainter HEAD
uscan info: Removing git repo (/tmp/SparsePainter-temporary.127613.git)
uscan info: Scan finished
```
while when checking the commits date, we can observe.
commit e18060f Mar 18, 2024
commit c08fd50 Sep 16, 2024
I was expecting uscan to report that there a newer version available.
-- Package-specific info:
--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---
Empty.
--- ~/.devscripts ---
Not present
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers focal-updates
APT policy: (500, 'focal-updates'), (500, 'focal-security'), (500,
'focal'), (100, 'focal-backports')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8.x86_64 (SMP w/64 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE, TAINT_AUX
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set
to C), LANGUAGE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/bash
Init: unable to detect
Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii dpkg-dev 1.19.7ubuntu3.2
ii fakeroot 1.24-1
ii file 1:5.38-4
ii gnupg 2.2.19-3ubuntu2.2
ii gpgv 2.2.19-3ubuntu2.2
ii libc6 2.31-0ubuntu9.16
ii libfile-homedir-perl 1.004-1
ii libfile-which-perl 1.23-1
ii libipc-run-perl 20180523.0-2
ii libmoo-perl 2.003006-1
ii libwww-perl 6.43-1
ii patchutils 0.3.4-2
ii perl 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5
ii python3 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
ii sensible-utils 0.0.12+nmu1
ii wdiff 1.2.2-2build1
Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii apt 2.0.10
ii at 3.1.23-1ubuntu1
ii curl 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.24
ii dctrl-tools 2.24-3
ii dput 1.0.3ubuntu1.1
ii libdistro-info-perl 0.23ubuntu1.1
ii libdpkg-perl 1.19.7ubuntu3.2
ii libencode-locale-perl 1.05-1
ii libgit-wrapper-perl 0.048-1
ii libgitlab-api-v4-perl 0.25-1
ii liblist-compare-perl 0.53-1
ii libstring-shellquote-perl 1.04-1
ii libtry-tiny-perl 0.30-1
ii liburi-perl 1.76-2
ii licensecheck 3.0.45-1
ii lintian 2.62.0ubuntu2.4
ii man-db 2.9.1-1
ii patch 2.7.6-6
ii python3-apt 2.0.1ubuntu0.20.04.1
ii python3-debian 0.1.36ubuntu1.1
ii python3-magic 2:0.4.15-3
ii python3-requests 2.22.0-2ubuntu1.1
ii python3-unidiff 0.5.5-2
ii python3-xdg 0.26-1ubuntu1
ii strace 5.5-3ubuntu1
ii unzip 6.0-25ubuntu1.2
ii wget 1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1
ii xz-utils 5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1
Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
pn adequate <none>
pn autopkgtest <none>
pn bls-standalone <none>
pn bsd-mailx | mailx <none>
ii build-essential 12.8ubuntu1.1
pn check-all-the-things <none>
pn cvs-buildpackage <none>
pn debhelper <none>
pn debian-keyring <none>
pn devscripts-el <none>
pn diffoscope <none>
pn disorderfs <none>
pn dose-extra <none>
pn duck <none>
pn equivs <none>
pn faketime <none>
pn gnuplot <none>
pn how-can-i-help <none>
ii libauthen-sasl-perl 2.1600-1
pn libdbd-pg-perl <none>
pn libfile-desktopentry-perl <none>
ii liblwp-protocol-https-perl 6.07-2ubuntu2
pn libnet-smtps-perl <none>
pn libsoap-lite-perl <none>
pn libterm-size-perl <none>
ii libtimedate-perl 2.3200-1
pn libyaml-syck-perl <none>
pn mozilla-devscripts <none>
pn mutt <none>
ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.11
pn piuparts <none>
pn postgresql-client <none>
pn quilt <none>
pn ratt <none>
pn reprotest <none>
pn svn-buildpackage <none>
pn w3m <none>
-- no debconf information
