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and subject line Bug#1090069: fixed in debmake 5.0.0
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regarding debmake: Make error message more useful when working with unpacked
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Package: debmake
Version: debmake/4.5.1-1
Severity: wishlist
When I package something for Debian the starting point is often a git
repository, not a tarball. Debmake supports this, but it is very
unintuitive currently, and e.g. #948844 exists partially because of
the confusion.
Steps to reproduce:
git clone https://github.com/eradman/entr.git
cd entr
debmake --package entr --upstreamversion 5.6
I: set parameters
I: sanity check of parameters
W: -p "entr" != auto set value ""
W: -u "5.6" != auto set value ""
E: upstream tarball missing for -p entr -u 5.6
However, if I add --tar it works just fine:
debmake --package entr --upstreamversion 5.6 --tar
I: set parameters
I: sanity check of parameters
W: -p "entr" != auto set value ""
W: -u "5.6" != auto set value "0~2412160229"
I: pkg="entr", ver="5.6", rev="1"
I: make the upstream tarball with "tar --exclude=debian"
...
mv ../entr-5.6/debian .
git add debian
git commit -a ...
I suggest quick fixes:
1. Error message about missing tar should tell users that there is an
automatic option to create the tarball
2. The option --tag is very vague and does not "hint" on what it
means. Add an alias --create-tarball
3. Tell users that if they want to move the newly created 'debian'
directory back inside the git repository, they need to issue a mv
command
Alternatively, you could even consider creating a new flag for this scenario.
For example an option called --from-git but stay inside git, use the
git native command to create the tarball (git archive HEAD --output
../entr_5.6.orig.tar.xz) and output the `debian/` directory in the
same place.
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: debmake
Source-Version: 5.0.0
Done: Osamu Aoki <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debmake, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Osamu Aoki <[email protected]> (supplier of updated debmake package)
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:59:08 +0900
Source: debmake
Architecture: source
Version: 5.0.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Osamu Aoki <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Osamu Aoki <[email protected]>
Closes: 924658 1090069 1090070 1124821
Changes:
debmake (5.0.0) unstable; urgency=medium
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* black+isort
* Remove unused code and data
* Rename scanfiles.py -> scanext.py
* Reorganize template files in data/*
* Refactor src/debmake/*.py (Closes: #1090069, #924658, #1090070, #1124821)
* Update packaging and documentation
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