#849715 mailutils: Incorrect Vcs-Svn header in source package

Package:
src:mailutils
Source:
mailutils
Submitter:
Stuart Prescott
Date:
2026-08-12 00:43:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#849715#5
Date:
2016-12-30 03:51:07 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

The mailutils source package declares:

  Vcs-Svn: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/mailutils.git

which incorrectly states that the package is maintained in Subversion while
pointing to a git repository. This (obviously) causes debcheckout to fail:

$ debcheckout mailutils
declared svn repository at https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/mailutils.git
svn co https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/mailutils.git mailutils ...
svn: E175009: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/mailutils.git'
svn: E175009: XML Parsing failed: Unexpected root element 'html'
checkout failed (the command above returned a non-zero exit code)

The actual git repo that is listed is also empty:

$ git clone https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/mailutils.git
Cloning into 'mailutils'...
warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.
Checking connectivity... done.

It's easy to forget to push after uploading.

cheers
Stuart

#849715#12
Date:
2026-07-08 03:50:48 UTC
From:
To:
It seems this has been fixed. Maybe this bug can be closed.