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I dput a package into a PPA and get no email response. What did I mess up?

Asked by RethinkDB Packaging on 2012-11-06

I'm dput'ing a package rethinkdb into ppa:rethinkdb/ppa. The changes file I uploaded is rethinkdb_1.1.8-9139-g4a5d12-dirty_source.changes. I don't get an e-mail and the package doesn't show up.

I read https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+faq/227 and followed all the instructions (e.g. generating the files properly, signing them, ensuring launchpad knows about the key, etc.) I'm sure it's some detail I screwed up, but I went over everything many times and can't figure out what it is. Could someone help me figure out what I missed?

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William Grant (wgrant) said : #1

How did you generate the *_source.changes file? It's missing mandatory fields that debuild/dpkg-genchanges always include, such as Binary and Description.

RethinkDB Packaging (rethinkdb) said : #2

debuild -S -sa ;

Is there a better way to do this?

RethinkDB Packaging (rethinkdb) said : #3

debuild -S -sa ;

Is there a better way to do this?

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William Grant (wgrant) said : #4

Then it sounds like your debian/control file doesn't declare any binary packages, which means your package won't build anything. http://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/ might be a helpful reference for fixing this.

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