Bug#831870: /usr/bin/mk-origtargz: Re: devscripts: [mk-origtargz] Fails to create tar with Files-Excluded

[Chirayu Desai]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.16.7
Followup-For: Bug #831870

Dear Maintainer,

I am attaching a patch to mk-origtargz to serve as a workaround for this issue.
I know it's not the cleanest, the general idea as well as the code (I've never coded in perl before),
but it seems to work so it's a good starting point in my eyes.
It seems like the actual bug might be with 'tar' itself.

-- Package-specific info:

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

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

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii  dpkg-dev     1.18.10
ii  libc6        2.23-4
ii  perl         5.22.2-3
pn  python3:any  <none>

Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii  apt                         1.3~rc2
ii  at                          3.1.20-1
ii  curl                        7.50.1-1
ii  dctrl-tools                 2.24-2
ii  debian-keyring              2016.08.10
ii  dput                        0.9.6.4
ii  equivs                      2.0.9+nmu1
ii  fakeroot                    1.21-1
ii  file                        1:5.28-4
ii  gnupg                       2.1.14-5
ii  gnupg2                      2.1.14-5
ii  libdistro-info-perl         0.14
ii  libencode-locale-perl       1.05-1
ii  liblwp-protocol-https-perl  6.06-2
ii  libsoap-lite-perl           1.20-1
ii  liburi-perl                 1.71-1
ii  libwww-perl                 6.15-1
ii  licensecheck                3.0.22-1
ii  lintian                     2.5.46
ii  man-db                      2.7.5-1
ii  patch                       2.7.5-1
ii  patchutils                  0.3.4-1
ii  python3-debian              0.1.29
ii  python3-magic               1:5.28-4
ii  sensible-utils              0.0.9
ii  strace                      4.12-3
ii  unzip                       6.0-20
ii  wdiff                       1.2.2-1+b1
ii  wget                        1.18-2+b1
ii  xz-utils                    5.1.1alpha+20120614-2.1

Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]            8.1.2-0.20160123cvs-3
ii  build-essential              12.2
pn  cvs-buildpackage             <none>
pn  devscripts-el                <none>
pn  diffoscope                   <none>
pn  dose-extra                   <none>
pn  gnuplot                      <none>
ii  gpgv                         2.1.14-5
ii  libauthen-sasl-perl          2.1600-1
ii  libfile-desktopentry-perl    0.22-1
ii  libnet-smtp-ssl-perl         1.03-1
pn  libterm-size-perl            <none>
ii  libtimedate-perl             2.3000-2
pn  libyaml-syck-perl            <none>
pn  mozilla-devscripts           <none>
ii  mutt                         1.6.2-2
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]  1:7.3p1-1
pn  reprotest                    <none>
pn  svn-buildpackage             <none>
ii  w3m                          0.5.3-29

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