Sebastian Andrzej Siewior writes ("Lost .asc file in archive by not referencing
it in an upload (Was: Re: OpenSSL updates)"):
> On 2018-03-29 16:09:32 [+0200], Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > One was rejected, because:
> >
> > openssl1.0_1.0.2l-2+deb9u3.dsc: Refers to non-existing file
> > 'openssl1.0_1.0.2l.orig.tar.gz.asc'
> > Perhaps you need to include the file in your upload?
>
> the 9u1 upload did not have the .asc file referenced and so it got lost. What
> could be done to avoid such mistakes in the future?
> Would it make sense to let dak reject uploads for uploads of the same upstream
> version when the .dsc files does not reference the .asc anymore? Or would it
> better to teach dpkg-source to fail (based on a config switch) if the .asc
> file is missing.
Would re-uploading the file have succeeded ? If so, then using dgit
to do the upload would have DTRT because dgit checks with the archive
and always includes in the upload exactly the files which are not
present in the archive.
ian.
