Package: devscripts
Version: 2.26.11
Severity: normal
$ uscan --verbose
uscan info: Scan watch files in .
uscan info: Check debian/watch and debian/changelog in .
uscan info: package="pykcs11" version="1.5.18-1" (as seen in debian/changelog)
uscan info: package="pykcs11" version="1.5.18" (no epoch/revision)
uscan info: ./debian/changelog sets package="pykcs11" version="1.5.18"
uscan info: Found upstream signing keyring: debian/upstream/signing-key.asc
uscan info: Process watch file at: debian/watch
package = pykcs11
version = 1.5.18
pkg_dir = .
uscan info: Parsing pgpsigurlmangle: s/$/.asc/
uscan info: sf.net redirection to qa.debian.org/watch/sf.php
uscan info: Last orig.tar.* tarball version (from debian/changelog): 1.5.18
uscan info: Last orig.tar.* tarball version (dversionmangled): 1.5.18
uscan info: Requesting URL:
https://qa.debian.org/watch/sf.php/pkcs11wrap/
uscan warn: In watchfile debian/watch, reading webpage
https://qa.debian.org/watch/sf.php/pkcs11wrap/ failed: 400 SourceForge HTTP
Error: Bad Request
uscan info: Scan finished
$ cat debian/watch
Version: 5
Source: https://sf.net/pkcs11wrap/
Matching-Pattern: pykcs11-(.*)\.tar\.gz
Pgpsigurlmangle: s/$/.asc/
It looks like the problem is with https://qa.debian.org/watch/sf.php/
https://qa.debian.org/watch/sf.php/pkcs11wrap/ fails with:
http response: HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
libxml error: Warning 1549: failed to load external entity
"https://sourceforge.net/projects/pkcs11wrap/rss?limit=10000000000000000000";
$ wget
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pkcs11wrap/rss?limit=10000000000000000000
--2026-08-26 16:15:50--
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pkcs11wrap/rss?limit=10000000000000000000
Resolving sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)... 104.18.12.149, 104.18.13.149,
2606:4700::6812:c95, ...
Connecting to sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)|104.18.12.149|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 400 Bad Request
2026-08-26 16:15:50 ERROR 400: Bad Request.
If I user a smaller limit number than 10000000000000000000 I have more success.
$ wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/pkcs11wrap/rss?limit=100
--2026-08-26 16:16:52--
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pkcs11wrap/rss?limit=100
Resolving sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)... 104.18.12.149, 104.18.13.149,
2606:4700::6812:c95, ...
Connecting to sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)|104.18.12.149|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 89070 (87K) [application/rss+xml]
Saving to: 'rss?limit=100'
rss?limit=100 100%[===================>] 86.98K --.-KB/s in 0.1s
2026-08-26 16:16:53 (655 KB/s) - 'rss?limit=100' saved [89070/89070]
I think the problem must be fixed in the QA web site
https://qa.debian.org/watch/sf.php/ and not the uscan command itself.
-- Package-specific info:
--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---
Empty.
--- ~/.devscripts ---
Not present
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 7.1.8+deb14.1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
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 1:5.47-4
ii gpg 2.4.9-7+b1
ii gpg-agent 2.4.9-7+b1
ii gpgv 2.4.9-7+b1
ii libconfig-inifiles-perl 3.002000-1
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 0.910.0+ds-1+b1
ii patchutils 0.4.5-1
ii perl 5.42.3-1
ii python3 3.14.6-1
ii sensible-utils 0.0.26
ii wdiff 1.2.2-9
Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii apt 3.3.3
ii curl 8.21.0-2
ii dctrl-tools 2.24-3+b1
ii debian-keyring 2026.06.27
ii debian-tag2upload-keyring 1.2
ii diffstat 1.69-1
ii dput 1.2.4
ii dupload 2.14.0
ii equivs 2.3.3
ii git-debpush 16.7
ii libdistro-info-perl 1.17
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
ii libmetacpan-client-perl 2.044000-1
ii libsoap-lite-perl 1.27-3
ii libstring-shellquote-perl 1.04-3
ii liburi-perl 5.35-1
ii licensecheck 3.3.9-1
ii lintian 2.139.0
ii lzip 1.26-1
ii man-db 2.13.1-1
ii mmdebstrap 1.5.7-3
ii patch 2.8-2
ii pristine-tar 1.50+nmu2
ii python3-apt 3.1.0
ii python3-debian 1.1.1
ii python3-magic 2:0.4.27-6
ii python3-requests 2.32.5+dfsg-2
ii python3-unidiff 0.7.5-2
ii python3-xdg 0.28-3
ii sbuild 0.91.10
ii strace 7.0+ds-1
ii unzip 6.0-30
ii wget 1.25.0-3
ii xz-utils 5.8.3-1
Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
pn adequate <none>
pn at <none>
pn autopkgtest <none>
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 14.3
pn diffoscope <none>
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] 4.100~RC3-2
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 mutt 2.4.1-1
ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:10.4p1-4
pn piuparts <none>
pn postgresql-client <none>
pn pristine-lfs <none>
ii python3-debianbts 4.1.1
pn python3-pycurl <none>
ii quilt 0.69-0.1
pn ratt <none>
pn reprotest <none>
pn svn-buildpackage <none>
pn w3m <none>
-- no debconf information
