Hi Tomasz, On Fri, Jul 07, 2017 at 10:07:14PM +0200, Tomasz Buchert wrote: > retitle 867545 Fails with cryptic message when given paths do not exist > thanks > > On 07/07/17 09:57, Guido Günther wrote: > > Package: pristine-tar > > Version: 1.39 > > Severity: minor > > > > pristine-tar fails when the target it want's to reproduce is a symlink > > that points nowhere. That by itself is o.k. but the error message is > > confusing: > > > > $ /usr/bin/pristine-tar checkout > > /var/scratch/src/krb5-auth-dialog/krb5-auth-dialog_3.20.0.orig.tar.xz > > Use of uninitialized value $tarball in -e at /usr/bin/pristine-tar line > > 454. > > Use of uninitialized value $_[0] in substitution (s///) at > > /usr/share/perl/5.24/File/Basename.pm line 180. > > fileparse(): need a valid pathname at /usr/bin/pristine-tar line 469. > > pristine-tar: failed to generate tarball > > > > Steps to reproduce: > > > > ln -s /doesnotexist krb5-auth-dialog_3.20.0.orig.tar.xz > > gbp clone vcsgit:krb5-auth-dialog > > /usr/bin/pristine-tar checkout > > /var/scratch/src/krb5-auth-dialog/krb5-auth-dialog_3.20.0.orig.tar.xz > > > > Hey Guido, > thanks for this info, but I think the issue has nothing to do with the > symbolic link, but rather with the fact that the destination directory > does not exist (also in steps above you have to 'cd' into the cloned > repo). > > I've committed a change [1] that will verify better what is given from > the command line to all pristine-tar commands.
Thanks for fixing this so quickly! -- Guido > > Thanks, > Tomasz > > [1] > https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/pristine-tar.git/commit/?id=9265d0c0eea1620370a7261e0a6ee20eb86426fd
