On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 01:41 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > Interestingly, this works: > > $ dch -a -p wnpp --closes 477218 > > > > (for estron, the correct package for that ITP). > > > > tagpending needs to be told about wnpp/ITP bugs but I've never had to > > tell dch about that before. It seems that it is the error checking that > > has been disabled / replaced. > > The most recent change to that area of code was the switch from using > HTML scraping to the BTS's SOAP interface. That was a couple of months > ago, in 2.10.17. > > [...] > > dch only appears to work for 'dch -a --closes number' where that number > > *is* the correct bug number and applies to that package. i.e. all error > > checking has apparently been replaced by this perl error, which isn't > > exactly helpful when trying to work out what has gone wrong. ;-) > > At least in my tests, it also works fine when the package in question > has at least one open bug, which would explain why using "-p wnpp" > works. > > Could you please try http://alioth.debian.org/~adam-guest/debchange.pl > and let me know if that resolves the issue for you?
In the estron package:
$ /tmp/debchange/debchange.pl -i --closes 477218
debchange.pl: No bugs found for package estron
$ parsechangelog
Source: estron
Version: 0.7.0-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:00:30 +0100
Closes: 477218
Changes:
estron (0.7.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Initial release. (Closes: #477218: ITP: estron -- data-centric
development interpreter for GNOME)
$ dch -i --closes 477218
Can't use string ("") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use
at /usr/bin/dch line 737.
In apt-cross which exists but currently has no bug reports.
$ /tmp/debchange/debchange.pl -a --closes 477218
debchange.pl: No bugs found for package apt-cross
$ dch -a --closes 477218
Can't use string ("") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use
at /usr/bin/dch line 737.
I can also trigger the "WRONG PACKAGE" condition by deliberately
specifying a non-wnpp non-apt-cross bug:
$ /tmp/debchange/debchange.pl -a --closes 477217
debchange.pl: No bugs found for package apt-cross
debchange.pl warning: bug #477217 belongs to package dak (src dak),
not to apt-cross: disabling closing changelog entry
debchange.pl: Did you see that warning? Press RETURN to continue...
So, yes, this does resolve the issue. Thanks.
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