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Necktwi
Asked: 2014-11-03 22:11:58 +0800 CST

How to prevent dput from uploading *.orig.tar.gz again?

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When I upload a package to archive 

$ dput ppa:mylaunchpadid/myppa.ppa mypackage1.0-0ubuntu2_source.changes
Checking signature on .changes
gpg: Signature made ...
gpg: Good signature from ...
Good signature on ...source.changes
Good signature on ....dsc.
Package includes an .orig.tar.gz file although the debian revision suggests
that it might not be required. Multiple uploads of the .orig.tar.gz may be
rejected by the upload queue management software.
Uploading to ppa (via sftp to ppa.launchpad.net):

How to prevent uploading orig.tar.gz every time I upload a revision?

command-line

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    To prevent dput from uploading (again) your orig.tar.gz file you need to remove it from the source.changes file.

    To do so, you basically have to change your call to the build command to add the -sd option. It will force the exclusion of the original orig.tar.gz source.

    From the dpkg-genchanges man pages:

       -sd    Forces  the  exclusion  of the original source and includes only
          the diff.

    For the dpkg-buildpackage command:

    $ dpkg-buildpackage -sd

    For the debuild command:

    $ debuild -sd

    For the pdebuild command:

    $ pdebuild --debbuildopts -sd
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