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  Msg # 263 of 1179 on ZZLI4422, Thursday 9-03-25, 1:16  
  From: MARC HABER  
  To: ANDREA PAPPACODA  
  Subj: Re: debian/watch version 5  
 XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist 
 From: mh+debian-devel@zugschlus.de 
  
 On Mon, Sep 01, 2025 at 11:09:42PM +0200, Andrea Pappacoda wrote: 
 >> Il giorno 1 set 2025, alle ore 22:59, Peter B  
 ha 
 scritto: 
 >> 
 >> Had a quick look at some of these. 
 >> Is a blank line needed after the first line with "Version: 5" in it? 
 >> 
 > 
 >Yes, the version has to live in its own paragraph. See the manpage 
 debian-watch, €€€Format of the Watch file, version 5€€€. 
  
 It would be nice if uscan would recognize both version= and Version:. It 
 currently gets confused and falls back to more ancient versions, giving 
 misleading error messages, when one accidentally starts a v5 file with 
 "version=5", which is an easy mistake when editing. 
  
 Greetings 
 Marc 
  
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