clone 429299 -1 reassign -1 python-debian retitle -1 changelog.py: Please provide a way to limit the number of entries parsed. severity -1 wishlist retitle 429299 only parse the first changelog entry block 429299 by -1 thanks
On (16/06/07 21:50), Mark Brown wrote: > Package: bzr-builddeb > Version: 0.16.2 > Severity: important > > When invoked with no arguments in a clean checkout of revision 36 of > > http://bzr.debian.org/bzr/pkg-nis/nis/debian > > bzr-buildpackage dies with a Python traceback, apparently due to trying to > parse one of the historical changelog entries at the foot of the NIS > changelog which are in a non-standard format. > > This isn't a great feature of the source package but none of the other > Debian tools mind and there's no need for the program to be parsing these > historical entries. Obviously the error reporting for the parse error isn't > ideal either. > Thanks for the report. I will fix it so that only the first entry is parsed. This will require two uploads though unfortunately. As a workaround you could move the old entries to debian/changelog.old or similar. I will also look at wrapping the error in a better way. Thanks, James -- James Westby -- GPG Key ID: B577FE13 -- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0>AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
