Hi, On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 09:26:44AM +0100, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote: > On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 09:14:48AM +0100, Pieter Lenaerts wrote: > > Op 16/02/2026 om 09:10 schreef Joost van Baal-Ilić: <snip> > > > I see: > > > > > > Warnings: Have you forgotten a 'version=2' line at the start, > > > perhaps? > > > Skipping the line: Version: 5 > > > > > > Maybe changing "Version: 5" into "version=5" would fix it? (Just > > > guessing > > > here, didn't inspect, didn't check...) > > > > https://manpages.debian.org/trixie-backports/devscripts/debian-watch.5.en.html > > > > docs say Version: 5 and that works for uscan. > > A! A version 5 d/watch file is in rfc822-style: needs completely different > parser as in versions < 5. I guess an old parser would indeed always choke > when confronted with a >=5 d/watch file... :( And it seems the > https://mentors.debian.net/package/<packagename> generator is using e.g. > devscripts 2.25.15+deb13u1 , and not devscripts 2.25.22~bpo13+1 nor devscripts > 2.26.5 ... > > OK, for your package this would mean it's probably just fine. However, I > believe we've found an issue in the https://mentors.debian.net/ backend...
Also, tnx to jcfp and XIYUE DENG: https://salsa.debian.org/mentors.debian.net-team/debexpo/-/issues/175 "mentors.debian.net QA info doesn't support version 5 format debian/watch" . Maybe https://mentors.debian.net/ is running Debian stable/trixie, and maybe once it gets upgraded to 14/forky it'll be solved... Bye, Joost
