Bug#687834: devscripts: uscan - Can't connect to host:443 (certificate verify failed)

[Jari Aalto]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.12.2
Severity: important

Tring to use debian/watch file fails:

  uscan warning: In watchfile debian/watch,
  reading webpage http://www.pekwm.org/projects/pekwm/releases\
  failed: 500 Can't connect to www.pekwm.org:443 (certificate verify failed)

If uscan is using wget(1), please add option:

  --no-check-certificate

Here is the used watch file:
----------------------------
version=3
http://www.pekwm.org/projects/pekwm/releases .*pekwm-([\d.]+)\.tar\.bz2


-- Package-specific info:

--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---

--- ~/.devscripts ---
Not present

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.5-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii  dpkg-dev  1.16.8
ii  libc6     2.13-35
ii  perl      5.14.2-12
ii  python    2.7.3~rc2-1

Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii  at                        3.1.13-2
ii  curl                      7.26.0-1
ii  dctrl-tools               2.22.2
ii  debian-keyring            2012.06.01
ii  dput                      0.9.6.3
pn  equivs                    <none>
ii  fakeroot                  1.18.4-2
ii  gnupg                     1.4.12-4+b1
ii  libcrypt-ssleay-perl      0.58-1
ii  libdistro-info-perl       0.10
ii  libjson-perl              2.53-1
ii  libparse-debcontrol-perl  2.005-3
ii  libsoap-lite-perl         0.714-1
ii  liburi-perl               1.60-1
ii  libwww-perl               6.04-1
ii  lintian                   2.5.10.1
ii  man-db                    2.6.2-1
ii  patch                     2.6.1-3
ii  patchutils                0.3.2-1.1
ii  python-debian             0.1.21
ii  python-magic              5.11-2
ii  sensible-utils            0.0.7
ii  strace                    4.5.20-2.3
ii  unzip                     6.0-7
ii  wdiff                     1.1.2-1
ii  wget                      1.13.4-3
ii  xz-utils                  5.1.1alpha+20120614-1

Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]            8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1
ii  build-essential              11.5
pn  cvs-buildpackage             <none>
ii  devscripts-el                35.2
ii  gnuplot                      4.6.0-8
ii  libauthen-sasl-perl          2.1500-1
ii  libfile-desktopentry-perl    0.04-3
ii  libnet-smtp-ssl-perl         1.01-3
pn  libterm-size-perl            <none>
ii  libtimedate-perl             1.2000-1
ii  libyaml-syck-perl            1.20-1
ii  mailx                        1:20081101-2
ii  mutt                         1.5.21-6.2
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]  1:6.0p1-2
pn  svn-buildpackage             <none>
ii  w3m                          0.5.3-8

-- no debconf information