#1122002 sbuild: support .changes files

Package:
sbuild
Source:
sbuild
Submitter:
Holger Levsen
Date:
2025-12-05 18:11:00 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1122002#5
Date:
2025-12-05 17:34:56 UTC
From:
To:
package: sbuild
severity: wishlist

hi,

I typoed calling sbuild today and ran "sbuild $changes_file" instead
of the intended "sbuild $dsc" and that failed after some time in not
super obvious ways...

So I'm thinking it would be really nice if sbuild would support that
and just do the right thing, which is getting the .dsc from the changes
file and using that.

(And if the .changes file does not contain a .dsc it should fail
clearly and quickly.)

Thank you for maintaining sbuild!
#1122002#10
Date:
2025-12-05 18:09:02 UTC
From:
To:
Yes, this would be lovely.

Note that this is a subset of https://bugs.debian.org/529281, which has
some more discussion in it.