Package: devscripts Version: 2.12.6 Severity: normal As can be seen below, (.+) matches non-directories (such as HEADER.html), then when uscan tries to descend into them, it fails the entire run rather than trying the next maybe-directory that was matched.
$ cat ubuntu-desktop-amd64.watch version=3 ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/(.+)/ubuntu-(.+)-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent \ debian ./uscan $ uscan --debug --upstream-version 12.10 --package ubuntu-desktop-amd64 --watchfile ubuntu-desktop-amd64.watch --download --pasv --destdir ../bin -- In ubuntu-desktop-amd64.watch, processing watchfile line: ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/(.+)/ubuntu-(.+)-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent debian ./uscan uscan debug: dir=>/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/ dirpattern=>(.+) uscan debug: requesting URL ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/ uscan debug: received content: lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 5 Mar 19 2010 10.04 -> lucid lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 5 Feb 16 2012 10.04.4 -> lucid lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 7 Sep 01 2011 11.10 -> oneiric lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 7 Mar 01 2012 12.04 -> precise lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 7 Aug 23 22:47 12.04.1 -> precise lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 7 Sep 06 17:39 12.10 -> quantal lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 5 Mar 20 2008 8.04 -> hardy lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 5 Jan 28 2010 8.04.4 -> hardy -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 22 Feb 01 2006 FOOTER.html -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1902 Nov 02 11:59 HEADER.html drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Sep 21 11:18 cdicons drwxrwxr-x 4 ftp ftp 4096 Sep 27 18:27 edubuntu -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1150 Jun 16 2011 favicon.ico drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Mar 30 2011 hardy drwxrwxr-x 3 ftp ftp 4096 Jan 24 2011 include drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Nov 02 12:01 jigit drwxrwxr-x 6 ftp ftp 4096 Nov 02 11:59 kubuntu drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Feb 19 2012 lucid drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Oct 13 2011 oneiric drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Oct 16 17:12 precise drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Oct 18 15:10 quantal lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 1 Jul 31 2007 releases -> . -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 49 Oct 29 2009 robots.txt [End of received content] uscan debug: matching pattern (.+) -- Found the following matching dirs: lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 5 Mar 19 2010 10.04 -> lucid lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 5 Feb 16 2012 10.04.4 -> lucid lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 7 Sep 01 2011 11.10 -> oneiric lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 7 Mar 01 2012 12.04 -> precise lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 7 Aug 23 22:47 12.04.1 -> precise lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 7 Sep 06 17:39 12.10 -> quantal lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 5 Mar 20 2008 8.04 -> hardy lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 5 Jan 28 2010 8.04.4 -> hardy -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 22 Feb 01 2006 FOOTER.html -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1902 Nov 02 11:59 HEADER.html drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Sep 21 11:18 cdicons drwxrwxr-x 4 ftp ftp 4096 Sep 27 18:27 edubuntu -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1150 Jun 16 2011 favicon.ico drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Mar 30 2011 hardy drwxrwxr-x 3 ftp ftp 4096 Jan 24 2011 include drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Nov 02 12:01 jigit drwxrwxr-x 6 ftp ftp 4096 Nov 02 11:59 kubuntu drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Feb 19 2012 lucid drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Oct 13 2011 oneiric drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Oct 16 17:12 precise drwxrwxr-x 2 ftp ftp 4096 Oct 18 15:10 quantal lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 1 Jul 31 2007 releases -> . -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 49 Oct 29 2009 robots.txt uscan debug: newest_dir => '-rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1902 Nov 02 11:59 HEADER.html' uscan debug: requesting URL ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/-rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1902 Nov 02 11:59 HEADER.html/ uscan warning: In watchfile ubuntu-desktop-amd64.watch, reading FTP directory ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/-rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1902 Nov 02 11:59 HEADER.html/ failed: 404 File '-rw-rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1902 Nov 02 11:59 HEADER.html' not found 1 -- Package-specific info: --- /etc/devscripts.conf --- --- ~/.devscripts --- Not present -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.5-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages devscripts depends on: ii dpkg-dev 1.16.9 ii libc6 2.13-37 ii perl 5.14.2-16 ii python 2.7.3-3 Versions of packages devscripts recommends: ii at 3.1.13-2 ii curl 7.28.0-3 ii dctrl-tools 2.22.2 ii debian-keyring 2012.11.15 ii dput 0.9.6.3+nmu1 ii equivs 2.0.9 ii fakeroot 1.18.4-2 ii gnupg 1.4.12-6 ii libcrypt-ssleay-perl 0.58-1 ii libdistro-info-perl 0.10 ii libjson-perl 2.53-1 ii libparse-debcontrol-perl 2.005-3 ii libsoap-lite-perl 0.714-1 ii liburi-perl 1.60-1 ii libwww-perl 6.04-1 ii lintian 2.5.10.3 ii man-db 2.6.3-3 ii patch 2.6.1-3 ii patchutils 0.3.2-1.1 ii python-debian 0.1.21+nmu2 ii python-magic 5.11-2 ii sensible-utils 0.0.7 ii strace 4.5.20-2.3 ii unzip 6.0-8 ii wdiff 1.1.2-1 ii wget 1.14-1 ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2 Versions of packages devscripts suggests: ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1 ii build-essential 11.5 pn cvs-buildpackage <none> pn devscripts-el <none> ii gnuplot 4.6.0-8 ii heirloom-mailx [mailx] 12.5-2 ii libauthen-sasl-perl 2.1500-1 ii libfile-desktopentry-perl 0.04-3 ii libnet-smtp-ssl-perl 1.01-3 pn libterm-size-perl <none> ii libtimedate-perl 1.2000-1 ii libyaml-syck-perl 1.22-1 ii mutt 1.5.21-6.2 ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:6.0p1-3 pn svn-buildpackage <none> ii w3m 0.5.3-8 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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