Bug#818865: devscripts: [uscan] cannot detect local version

[Hideki Yamane]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.16.2
Severity: normal

Dear devscripts Maintainers,

 uscan wrongly reports "Newer upstream version available" for chasen
 and pleiades package since it cannot detects local version.

>henrich at hp:/tmp/pleiades-1.6.0 $ uscan
>uscan: Newest version of pleiades on remote site is 1.6.0, local version is 
>uscan:    => Newer package available from

 local version is (blank), but surely its changelog is sane.

>henrich at hp:/tmp/pleiades-1.6.0 $ dpkg-parsechangelog 
>Source: pleiades
>Version: 1.6.0-3
>Distribution: unstable
>Urgency: medium
>Maintainer: Hideki Yamane <henrich at debian.org>
(snip)

 

-- Package-specific info:

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

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

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

Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.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     1.18.4
ii  libc6        2.22-3
ii  perl         5.22.1-9
pn  python3:any  <none>

Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii  apt                         1.2.7
ii  at                          3.1.18-2
ii  curl                        7.47.0-1
ii  dctrl-tools                 2.24-2
ii  debian-keyring              2016.01.20
ii  dput                        0.9.6.4
ii  equivs                      2.0.9+nmu1
ii  fakeroot                    1.20.2-1
ii  file                        1:5.25-2
ii  gnupg                       1.4.20-4
ii  gnupg2                      2.1.11-6
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           1.19-1
ii  liburi-perl                 1.71-1
ii  libwww-perl                 6.15-1
ii  lintian                     2.5.42.1
ii  man-db                      2.7.5-1
ii  patch                       2.7.5-1
ii  patchutils                  0.3.4-1
ii  python3-debian              0.1.27
ii  python3-magic               1:5.25-2
ii  sensible-utils              0.0.9
ii  strace                      4.11-1
ii  unzip                       6.0-20
ii  wdiff                       1.2.2-1+b1
ii  wget                        1.17.1-1+b1
ii  xz-utils                    5.2.1-0.1

Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]            8.1.2-0.20160123cvs-2
ii  build-essential              12.2
pn  cvs-buildpackage             <none>
pn  devscripts-el                <none>
pn  diffoscope                   <none>
pn  dose-extra                   <none>
ii  gnuplot                      4.6.6-3
ii  gpgv                         1.4.20-4
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                         1.5.24-1+b1
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]  1:7.2p2-1
ii  svn-buildpackage             0.8.5+nmu1
ii  w3m                          0.5.3-27

-- no debconf information