In order to fix this, we'll need to cherry-pick the patches to allow extraction (but not building!) of such source packages back to precise/trusty/xenial dpkg.
** Description changed: https://launchpad.net/debian/+source/vlc/ is missing Debian branches for sid and stretch. This then also breaks auto-sync of some of Debian's packages to Ubuntu's development branch. This is apparently what broke the auto-import: - pkg-source: error: unrecognized file for a v2.0 source package: + dpkg-source: error: unrecognized file for a v2.0 source package: vlc_2.2.3.orig.tar.xz.asc See this discussion about including .asc files in Debian source packages which requires dpkg to be updated: https://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2016/05/msg00041.html Initial discussion: http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2016/05/31/%23ubuntu-devel.html#t22:44 ** Changed in: launchpad Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: launchpad Importance: Undecided => High ** Tags added: lp-soyuz ** Tags added: gina ** Also affects: dpkg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: dpkg (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: dpkg (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: dpkg (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1587667 Title: Import from Debian fails for source packages with included tarball .asc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/1587667/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
