# This is a sample configuration file.
#
# The configuration file consist of perl variables that can be set to
# different values. The suggested value in this sample configuration file
# is the default value set by debarchiver.

# $destdir = "/var/lib/debarchiver/dists";
# $inputdir = "/var/lib/debarchiver/incoming";
# $copycmd = "cp -af";
# $movecmd = "mv";
# $rmcmd = "rm -f";
# $vrfycmd = "dscverify";
# $cinstall = "installed";
# $distinputcriteria = "^linux.*\\.deb\$";

# Choose to enable or disable signature verification for packages uploaded
# into $inputdir (not %%distinputdirs).
# $verifysignatures = 0;

# Choose to enable or disable signature verification for packages uploaded
# into %%distinputdirs. This works indepentently from $verifysignatures.
# $verifysignaturesdistinput = 0;

# Generate bzip2 files or not (1 will generate and 0 will not do so).
# $bzip = 0;

# This one is used for debarchives that matches distinput criteria.
# %%distinputdirs =
# (
# stable => 'stable',
# testing => 'testing',
# unstable => 'unstable'
# );

# What distributions that should exist.
# @distributions = ('stable', 'testing', 'unstable');

# Default major section to install to, if not defined in the uploaded files.
# $majordefault = "main";

# Mapping of aliases.
# OBS! If you create a mapping that will only be created if you have
# added the key to @distributions above. If you want the symlink to be created
# in a proper way you MUST add them at the same time. Else you will have
# two directories that are independent (and not mapped).
# %%distmapping =
# (
# stable => 'etch',
# testing => 'lenny',
# unstable => 'sid'
# );

# What architectures that should exist (automatically created).
# All and source will exist anyway.
# @architectures = ('i386');

# What sections that should exist.
# @sections = ('main', 'contrib', 'non-free');

# What changes file fields that should be used for determine where to send
# mail. If there is an '@' character is found here it will be used directly
# without consulting the .changes-file. Default is to mail no one. If there
# is an '@' character in the beginning, the user owning the file will be
# prepended.
# @mailtos = ('Maintainer', The Maintainer field in control file
# 'Uploaders', The Uploaders field in control file
# '@bar.com', User id @bar.com that own the changes file
# 'installer@foo.com', An explicit email address
# 'Changed-By'); The email in the changelog file

# If you want additional information in the generated Release files you have
# to set this hash-value. Supported keys are origin, label, and description.

# %%release = ( 'origin' => "",
# 'label' => "",
# 'description' => "");

# Where to put the apt-ftparchive cache files if --index is used. Default
# is /var/cache/debarchiver. Must be a directory.
# $cachedir = '/var/cache/debarchiver';

# GnuPG key to use to sign the archive.
# $gpgkey = "";

# File to provide password to GnuPG.
# If you use a key with an empty passphrase, set this variable to 0 or "".
# If the file does not exist, debarchiver will also fall back to "".
# $gpgpassfile = "$ENV{HOME}/.gnupg/passphrase";

Ola Lundqvist wrote:

Oh, now I get what the problem is!

I had sent you only my input.conf file from my (currently single)
debarchive's incoming/ directory, but not my /etc/debarchiver.conf file,
because I had all configuration directives commented out in the latter!
(I don't want to set any options globally.)

Now it occurs to me that debarchiver reads /etc/debarchiver.conf and since
it contains only empty and comment lines, the result of do() is 0, but $!
and $@ are empty since no error actually occurs. (Still no idea where
the '^I's come from, though.)

So I think debarchiver should check $! and $@ rather than the result of
do() ("unless ($t)"), which really says nothing about whether the file
could be read and compiled successfully, UNLESS you require every
configuration file to end with a true-valued statement (which the
debarchiver man-page says nothing about). And I would not make such a
requirement. Checking $! and $@ should do just fine.

If, however, you absolutely do not want to do this, then consider this bug
report a request for documentation of the "config files must end with 1;"
requirement.

Thanks,
Julian.

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