Bug#842885: mk-origtargz: shouldn't fail when file downloaded is uncompressed tar archive

[Sean Whitton]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.16.8
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/mk-origtargz

The watch file of the seq-el source package downloads an uncompressed
tar archive.  uscan then invokes mk-origtargz to "repack" the file with
xz compression.  However, this fails because $tar_regex in mk-origtargz
doesn't match uncompressed tar archives.  Is there any reason that
\.tar$ couldn't be added to the regex?

Thanks.

-- Package-specific info:

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

--- ~/.devscripts ---
DEBCHANGE_FORCE_SAVE_ON_RELEASE=no
DEBRELEASE_UPLOADER=dput
DEBSIGN_KEYID=0x0F56D0553B6D411B
DEB_SIGN_KEYID=0x0F56D0553B6D411B
DEBSIGN_PROGRAM=gpg
DSCVERIFY_KEYRINGS=~/.gnupg/pubring.kbx
DEBUILD_DPKG_BUILDPACKAGE_OPTS="-us -uc"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (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        2.24-5
ii  perl         5.24.1~rc3-3
pn  python3:any  <none>

Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii  apt                         1.3.1
ii  at                          3.1.20-1
ii  curl                        7.50.1-1
ii  dctrl-tools                 2.24-2
ii  debian-keyring              2016.09.04
ii  dput                        0.10.3
ii  equivs                      2.0.9+nmu1
ii  fakeroot                    1.21-2
ii  file                        1:5.28-4
ii  gnupg                       2.1.15-4
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                3.0.24-1
ii  lintian                     2.5.49
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                      4.13-0.1
ii  unzip                       6.0-20
ii  wdiff                       1.2.2-1+b1
ii  wget                        1.18-4
ii  xz-utils                    5.2.2-1.2

Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
ii  adequate                     0.15.1
ii  autopkgtest                  4.1
ii  bls-standalone               0.20151231
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]            8.1.2-0.20160123cvs-3
ii  build-essential              12.2
ii  check-all-the-things         2016.09.03
pn  cvs-buildpackage             <none>
pn  devscripts-el                <none>
ii  diffoscope                   61
pn  disorderfs                   <none>
ii  dose-extra                   5.0.1-2
ii  duck                         0.10
pn  faketime                     <none>
ii  gnuplot                      5.0.5+dfsg1-2
ii  gpgv                         2.1.15-4
ii  how-can-i-help               14
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>
ii  mozilla-devscripts           0.47
ii  mutt                         1.7.1-2
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]  1:7.3p1-1
ii  piuparts                     0.72
pn  ratt                         <none>
pn  reprotest                    <none>
ii  svn-buildpackage             0.8.6
ii  w3m                          0.5.3-31

-- no debconf information

-- 
Sean Whitton
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