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.BI dgit-distro. distro .archive-query-default-component
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-.BI dgit-distro. distro .sshdakls-user
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .sshpsql-user
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-.BI dgit-distro. distro .sshdakls-host
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .sshpsql-host
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-.BI dgit-distro. distro .sshdakls-dir
+.BI dgit-distro. distro .sshpsql-dbname
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.BI dgit-distro. distro .ssh
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Debian does not have a working rmadison server, so to find out what
version of a package is in the archive, or to canonicalise suite
-names, we ssh directly into the ftpmaster server.
+names, we ssh directly into the ftpmaster server and run psql there to
+access the database.
The mechanism for checking for and creating per-package repos on
alioth is a hideous bodge. One consequence is that dgit currently
autocommit to not appear on your HEAD, but instead only in the
remote tracking suite branch.
-There should at the very least be some advice in the manpage about how
-to use dgit when the signing key is not available on the same machine
-as the build host.
-
The option parser requires values to be cuddled to the option name.
-dgit assumes knowledge of the archive layout. There appears to be no
-sane way to find the path in the archive pool of the .dsc for a
-particular suite. I'm assured that the archive layout is a
-`well known algorithm' by now.
+dgit assumes knowledge of the archive database. (The information dgit
+needs is not currently available via any public online service with a
+well-defined interface, let alone a secure one.)
--dry-run does not always work properly, as not doing some of the git
fetches may result in subsequent actions being different. Doing a
~ianmdlvl / dgit.git / blobdiff