[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#529281: sbuild: Implement support of .changes

[Raphael Hertzog]

tag 529281 - moreinfo wontfix
retitle 529281 sbuild: Accept .changes on the command-line and auto-detect distribution in that case
severity 
thanks

I would like to resurrect this bug. I understand the .dsc doesn't have the
distribution, however a .changes file has it.

When I generate the source package, I do debuild -S and this generates me
a .changes files with the correct distribution.

So please improve sbuild to accept a .changes listing a source package
and don't require the distribution in that case, instead extract it
from the .changes file.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (150, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages sbuild depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-11  Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.6.0-2  GCC support library
ii  libsbuild-perl                0.62.2-1   Tool for building Debian binary pa
ii  libstdc++6                    4.6.0-2    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  perl                          5.10.1-19  Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  perl-modules                  5.10.1-19  Core Perl modules

Versions of packages sbuild recommends:
ii  debootstrap                   1.0.29     Bootstrap a basic Debian system
ii  fakeroot                      1.15.1-1   tool for simulating superuser priv

Versions of packages sbuild suggests:
ii  deborphan                     1.7.28.5   program that can find unused packa
ii  wget                          1.12-3     retrieves files from the web

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