[git-buildpackage] A basic question to begin

[Guido Günther]

Hi,
On Sun, May 01, 2022 at 06:28:48AM -0500, Seamus de Mora wrote:
> I am under the impression that the gbp-import-dsc command in
> git-buildpackage (gbp) is designed to translate or convert (import) a
> *traditional* Debian source repository into a structure/format suitable for
> deployment and distribution using git (locally) and (for example) GitLab
> and GitHub as a remote, publicly available repository. If I've gotten this
> wrong, please let me know.
> 
> Some background on my objective: I discovered a bug in a program I use
> frequently on Raspberry Pi: *dhcpcd*. The *dhcpcd* upstream sources are in this
> GitHub repo <https://github.com/NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd>. I submitted a
> PR against the upstream sources, and the author accepted it, but informed
> me that it would not get to the downstream repos.

As Raspian is based on Debian did you try to contribute your patch to
Debian? According to

   https://packages.qa.debian.org/d/dhcpcd5.html

The current git repo for that packaging is at

   https://salsa.debian.org/smlx-guest/dhcpcd5

> 
> The *dhcpcd* source package used by the Raspberry Pi organization is not
> under 'git' version control - nor is it available on their GitHub site. I
> worked with the sources I downloaded using the 'apt-get source dhcpcd5'
> command. I have learned enough of the basics to make the source
> modifications, and build a new package (.deb) for installation & testing.
> 
> My objective now is to put this *dhcpcd* code under 'git' version control,
> and share it; i.e. publish it on my GitHub site, and potentially make
> additional changes to it. I'm under the assumption that gbp can help me do
> that, and that the first step is *gbp-import-dsc*. I have tried this, but
> get only error messages so far. I suspect that the issue may be the current
> construction of the *dsc* file used for RPi's *dhcpcd*, but I need some
> help in sorting that.

Can you post how you invoke the command and the full error message?

> Am I in the right place to ask these questions?

yes, I hope we can help,
 -- Guido