Bug#747901: devscripts: uscan breaks git-import-orig --uscan

[gregor herrmann]

On Mon, 12 May 2014 22:28:35 -0400, James McCoy wrote:

> > In 2.14.1:
> > 
> > % uscan --dehs  
> > …
> > <target>libfile-mimeinfo-perl_0.26.orig.tar.gz</target>
> > <messages>Successfully downloaded updated package File-MimeInfo-0.26.tar.gz and symlinked libfile-mimeinfo-perl_0.26.orig.tar.gz to it</messages>
> > </dehs>
> > 
> > 
> > In 2.14.2:
> > 
> > % uscan --dehs
> > …
> > <target>../libfile-mimeinfo-perl_0.26.orig.tar.gz</target>
> > <messages>Successfully downloaded updated package File-MimeInfo-0.26.tar.gz
> > Successfully symlinked ../File-MimeInfo-0.26.tar.gz to ../libfile-mimeinfo-perl_0.26.orig.tar.gz.</messages>
> > </dehs>
> 
> Arguably, the new output is more correct.  It's unfortunate that the
> previous behavior embedded an assumption about the location of the
> archive instead of actually giving the path.

Absolutely.
 
> I'll fix it to avoid breaking any other tools.

Thanks, I'm also a bit nervous that this change may break more than
just gbp.

Cheers,
gregor

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