Package: devscripts Version: 2.26.9 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/uscan Hi,
if the Github templates are supposed to make things any easier, then they lack docs. I understand that it is darn hard to track packages on github since there are so many ways to do it right, but if that's not possible, then the docs should not suggest that using v5 and the github templates will solve all pains with versionmangle and ever-changing links. aide (https://github.com/aide/aide/releases/tag/v0.19.3) does tag and sign releases, but runs autoreconf and some version poking before building the release tarball. They do not commit the tree the tarball represents. I understand that this is a rather common method to release software that uses GNU autotools. Neither Version: 5 Template: GitHub Owner: aide Project: aide nor Version: 5 Template: GitHub Release-Only: yes Owner: aide Project: aide do properly pick up the release tarball. Instead, they pull a synthesized tarball from https://api.github.com/repos/aide/aide/tarball/refs/tags/v0.19.3 does not match what upstream actually released, breaking both their published checksums and their signatures. If it is not the Intention of the GitHub templates to pull tarballs manually prepared by upstream, this should be documented. If this is a user error, please close this bug with the reference to a documentation patch so that I can see how the docs were improved. uscan has been moving so quickly in the last year that it is almost impossible to find out which docs, blog entries, bug reports, forum or e-mail discussions match what current uscan is supposed to do. Greetings Marc -- Package-specific info: --- /etc/devscripts.conf --- Empty. --- ~/.devscripts --- DEBUILD_LINTIAN=no DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=10" DEBUILD_DPKG_BUILDPACKAGE_OPTS="-i -I -us -uc -j10" DEBUILT_LINTIAN_OPTS="-i -I --show-overrides" [email protected] DEBCHANGE_MULTIMAINT=no BTS_SENDMAIL_COMMAND="/usr/sbin/exim4 -f [email protected]" BTS_INTERACTIVE=force -- System Information: Debian Release: forky/sid APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'oldstable-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 7.0.9+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages devscripts depends on: ii dpkg-dev 1.23.7 ii file 1:5.46-5+b2 ii gpg 2.4.9-4 ii gpg-agent 2.4.9-4 ii gpgv 2.4.9-4 ii libconfig-inifiles-perl 3.000003-4 ii libdpkg-perl 1.23.7 ii libfile-dirlist-perl 0.05-3 ii libfile-homedir-perl 1.006-2 ii libfile-touch-perl 0.12-2 ii libio-string-perl 1.08-4 ii libmoo-perl 2.005005-1 ii libwww-perl 6.83-1 ii libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.906.0+ds-1 ii patchutils 0.4.5-1 ii perl 5.40.1-7+b1 ii python3 3.13.9-3+b1 ii sensible-utils 0.0.26 ii wdiff 1.2.2-9 Versions of packages devscripts recommends: ii apt 3.3.1 ii curl 8.20.0-2 ii dctrl-tools 2.24-3+b1 ii debian-keyring 2026.05.24 pn debian-tag2upload-keyring <none> ii diffstat 1.69-1 ii dput 1.2.4 ii equivs 2.3.3 pn git-debpush <none> ii libdistro-info-perl 1.15 ii libencode-locale-perl 1.05-3 ii libgitlab-api-v4-perl 0.27-1 ii libjson-perl 4.10000-1 ii liblwp-protocol-https-perl 6.15-1 pn libmetacpan-client-perl <none> ii libsoap-lite-perl 1.27-3 ii libstring-shellquote-perl 1.04-3 ii liburi-perl 5.34-2 ii licensecheck 3.3.9-1 ii lintian 2.136.0 pn lzip <none> ii man-db 2.13.1-1 ii patch 2.8-2 ii pristine-tar 1.50+nmu2 ii python3-apt 3.1.0 ii python3-debian 1.1.0 ii python3-magic 2:0.4.27-4 ii python3-requests 2.32.5+dfsg-1 ii python3-unidiff 0.7.5-2 ii python3-xdg 0.28-3 ii sbuild 0.91.9 ii strace 6.18+ds-2 ii unzip 6.0-29 ii wget 1.25.0-2 ii xz-utils 5.8.3-1 Versions of packages devscripts suggests: pn adequate <none> pn at <none> ii autopkgtest 5.55 pn bls-standalone <none> ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20220412cvs-1.1 ii build-essential 12.12 pn check-all-the-things <none> ii debhelper 13.31 ii diffoscope 318 pn disorderfs <none> pn docker.io <none> pn dose-extra <none> pn duck <none> pn elpa-devscripts <none> ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent] 4.99.2-2 pn faketime <none> pn gnuplot <none> pn how-can-i-help <none> ii libauthen-sasl-perl 2.2000-1 pn libdbd-pg-perl <none> pn libterm-size-perl <none> ii libtimedate-perl 2.3500-1 ii mmdebstrap 1.5.7-3 ii mutt 2.2.13-1+b1 ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:10.3p1-2 ii piuparts 1.6.0 pn postgresql-client <none> pn pristine-lfs <none> ii python3-debianbts 4.1.1 ii python3-pycurl 7.46.0-1 ii quilt 0.69-0.1 pn ratt <none> pn reprotest <none> pn svn-buildpackage <none> pn w3m <none> -- no debconf information
