Author: zack
Date: 2008-10-30 10:09:04 +0000 (Thu, 30 Oct 2008)
New Revision: 1684
Modified:
trunk/debian/changelog
trunk/scripts/debcheckout.pl
Log:
debcheckout: suggest using apt-get source as a fallback (Closes: #488717)
Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog 2008-10-30 08:38:26 UTC (rev 1683)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog 2008-10-30 10:09:04 UTC (rev 1684)
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
+ try to guess repository type when given raw URLs
+ update user info about Vcs-* fields (correct developers' reference
section, add an URL to it)
+ + suggest using apt-get source as a fallback (Closes: #488717)
-- Christoph Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:29:57 +0200
Modified: trunk/scripts/debcheckout.pl
===================================================================
--- trunk/scripts/debcheckout.pl 2008-10-30 08:38:26 UTC (rev 1683)
+++ trunk/scripts/debcheckout.pl 2008-10-30 10:09:04 UTC (rev 1684)
@@ -648,11 +648,22 @@
$vermsg = ", version $version" if $version;
print <<EOF;
No repository found for package $pkg$vermsg.
+
A Vcs-* field is missing in its source record. See Debian Developer's
Reference 6.2.5:
`http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-vcs'
-If you know that the package is maintained via a Version Control
-System consider asking the maintainer to expose such information.
+If you know that the package is maintained via a version control
+system consider asking the maintainer to expose such information.
+
+Nevertheless, you can get the sources of package $pkg
+from the Debian archive executing:
+
+ apt-get source $pkg
+
+Note however that what you obtain will *not* be a local copy of
+some version control system: your changes will not be preserved
+and it will not be possible to commit them directly.
+
EOF
exit(1);
}
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