Control: tags -1 + patch On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 07:14:34PM +0100, Agustin Martin wrote: > Package: devscripts > Version: 2.25.22 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > I have been testing debian-watch version 5 and found a problem related > to custom scripts usage. I see no mention of custom scripts in > debian-watch version 5 manpage. > > I have browsed devscripts code and looking at > /usr/share/perl5/Devscripts/Uscan/WatchSource.pm seems that internal > name for custom scripts is "updatescript", so I tried > > Update-Script: debian/repack-local > > in debian/watch version 5 and seems to work as I expected (updatescript > should have also worked). If no changes are expected, this should be > documented in debian-watch version 5 manpage as it was in debian-watch > version 4.
A patch with minimal proposed changes to version 5 docs is attached. It assumes that Update-Script: option is not expected to change. > Regarding debian-watch-4.pod it indeed mentions custom scripts, although > a subsection in the orginal uscan manual was not included in > debian-watch-4.pod (but stays in uscan man page). It is not very > important, although I would consider adding a line of it with something > like attached patch. This can be improved after above version 5 patch. Regards, -- Agustin
>From 81f6d4a28cefc88122206205006bda3fffce6db9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Agustin Martin Domingo <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:40:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] scripts/debian-watch.pod: Document Update-Script: option for custom scripts. --- scripts/debian-watch.pod | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/debian-watch.pod b/scripts/debian-watch.pod index 3d2c2be2..f7505d4f 100644 --- a/scripts/debian-watch.pod +++ b/scripts/debian-watch.pod @@ -188,6 +188,18 @@ I<(just after "Version")>, else it will be ignored. =back +=item * B<Update-Script:> I<< <custom-script> >>: + +The optional I<custom-script> parameter in F<debian/watch> means to +execute a custom I<script> with options after processing this line +if specified. +Default script is L<uupdate> and custom scripts, if created, +should behave as L<uupdate>. +See L<uscan/"HISTORY AND UPGRADING"> for how B<uscan> invokes the +custom I<script> (or L<uupdate>). + +=back + =head2 Component options =over -- 2.51.0
