Package: devscripts
Version: 2.18.6
Severity: normal
Control: affects -1 publicsuffix
I'd like to use a debian/watch file for the publicsuffix package like
this:
version=4
opts=mode=git,pretty=%cd,date=%Y%m%d.%H%M \
https://github.com/publicsuffix/list HEAD
however, the publicsuffix package versions are using the UTC form of
the date of the git HEAD, since it's a global project and commits from
around the world.
The above invocation of uscan appears to use the timezone stored in
the git commit message, which produces variable results.
I think the right fix is to change --date=format: to
date=format-local:, like so:
diff --git a/lib/Devscripts/Uscan/git.pm b/lib/Devscripts/Uscan/git.pm
index 1df77c7d..dcfc0154 100644
--- a/lib/Devscripts/Uscan/git.pm
+++ b/lib/Devscripts/Uscan/git.pm
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ sub git_search {
"--git-dir=$self->{downloader}->{destdir}/$self->{gitrepo_dir}",
'log',
'-1',
- "--date=format:$self->{date}",
+ "--date=format-local:$self->{date}",
"--pretty=$self->{pretty}"
],
wait_child => 1,
and then also to explicitly set TZ=UTC for the environment of the
spawned git subprocess. (i don't know how to do that with this perl
spawn() subroutine, whose documentation i can't locate right now --
hopefully someone else does!)
I don't think there's any reason to prefer local time in this case --
presumably we want to measure the timestamp based on a universal,
monotonically-increasing clock.
--dkg
-- Package-specific info:
--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---
--- ~/.devscripts ---
DEBSIGN_KEYID=0EE5BE979282D80B9F7540F1CCD2ED94D21739E9
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers testing-debug
APT policy: (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'testing'), (200,
'unstable-debug'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii dpkg-dev 1.19.0.5
ii libc6 2.27-6
ii libfile-homedir-perl 1.004-1
ii perl 5.26.2-7
ii python3 3.6.6-1
ii sensible-utils 0.0.12
Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii apt 1.7.0
ii at 3.1.23-1
ii curl 7.61.0-1
ii dctrl-tools 2.24-3
ii debian-keyring 2018.09.30
ii dput-ng [dput] 1.21
ii dupload 2.9.2
ii equivs 2.1.0
ii fakeroot 1.23-1
ii file 1:5.34-2
ii gnupg 2.2.10-3
ii gnupg2 2.2.10-3
ii libdistro-info-perl 0.18
ii libdpkg-perl 1.19.0.5
ii libencode-locale-perl 1.05-1
ii libfile-which-perl 1.22-1
pn libgit-wrapper-perl <none>
ii libipc-run-perl 20180523.0-1
pn liblist-compare-perl <none>
ii liblwp-protocol-https-perl 6.07-2
ii libmoo-perl 2.003004-1
pn libsoap-lite-perl <none>
ii libstring-shellquote-perl 1.04-1
ii libtry-tiny-perl 0.30-1
ii liburi-perl 1.74-1
ii libwww-perl 6.35-2
pn licensecheck <none>
ii lintian 2.5.108
ii man-db 2.8.4-2
ii patch 2.7.6-3
ii patchutils 0.3.4-2
ii python3-apt 1.7.0~rc1
ii python3-debian 0.1.33
ii python3-magic 2:0.4.15-2
ii python3-requests 2.18.4-2
pn python3-unidiff <none>
pn python3-xdg <none>
ii strace 4.21-1
ii unzip 6.0-21
ii wdiff 1.2.2-2+b1
ii wget 1.19.5-1
ii xz-utils 5.2.2-1.3
Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
pn adequate <none>
ii autopkgtest 5.5
pn bls-standalone <none>
ii build-essential 12.5
pn check-all-the-things <none>
pn cvs-buildpackage <none>
ii devscripts-el 40.1
ii diffoscope 103
pn disorderfs <none>
pn dose-extra <none>
pn duck <none>
ii faketime 0.9.7-2.1
pn gnuplot <none>
ii gpgv 2.2.10-3
ii gpgv2 2.2.10-3
pn how-can-i-help <none>
pn libauthen-sasl-perl <none>
ii libdbd-pg-perl 3.7.4-1
pn libfile-desktopentry-perl <none>
pn libnet-smtps-perl <none>
pn libterm-size-perl <none>
ii libtimedate-perl 2.3000-2
pn libyaml-syck-perl <none>
ii mailutils [mailx] 1:3.4-1+b1
ii mozilla-devscripts 0.52
pn mutt <none>
ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:7.8p1-1
pn piuparts <none>
ii postgresql-client-10 [postgresql-client] 10.5-1
ii postgresql-client-9.5 [postgresql-client] 9.5.4-3
ii postgresql-client-9.6 [postgresql-client] 9.6.5-1
ii quilt 0.65-2
pn ratt <none>
ii reprotest 0.7.8
ii svn-buildpackage 0.8.7
ii w3m 0.5.3-36+b1
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