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I uploaded a package to my PPA, but the build failed. I made some corrections to the dependencies list and tried to upload the corrected file. It was rejected with this message:

Rejected: File -1.tar.gz already exists in , but uploaded version has different contents. See more information about this error in https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/UploadErrors. Files specified in DSC are broken or missing, skipping package unpack verification.

I deleted the package from the PPA, and now it is absent in the list on the PPA webpage, but still I receive the same e-mail when trying to upload the new archive.

So how is it supposed to be done correctly, when the build fails because of missing dependencies, and the packager corrects the dependencies list?

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To avoid confusion, Launchpad never allows different uploads under the (exact) same version number. You can upload previously uploaded packages, only if they are exactly the same, with the dput -f option. See this answer and this one on Launchpad.

If you delete a package from Launchpad, it is deleted according a procedure as described here. Launchpad still keeps a checksum however of the deleted files to prevent future (version-) conflicting uploads.

The bottom line is that you will have to upload under an increased version number. Not that it helps for now, but you can prevent errors by first try building locally.

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    @Josh Thanks, I'll try to find out if it still exists somewhere. I will remove the link for now, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:47

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