Don't read an uninitialized buffer on an empty Content-Type

treathead() parses the Content-Type value with sscanf("%s") into a local
`tempo` buffer, then calls strlen(tempo) and stores the result. A response
whose Content-Type header has an empty or whitespace-only value yields no
token: sscanf leaves `tempo` uninitialized, so strlen reads uninitialized
stack and can over-read past the buffer. A hostile server triggers this with
a bare `Content-Type:` line.

Guard on sscanf's return: adopt the value, and mark the type as server-given,
only when a token was actually read. An empty value now falls back to the
default type with contenttype_given left false, i.e. it is treated like a
missing header and the URL extension is kept -- which is also the correct
naming behavior.

Found while reviewing #409, which added contenttype_given right beside this
parse; the bug itself predates it. tests/17_local-empty-ct.test exercises the
empty-Content-Type path, and the ASan/UBSan CI job is what catches the
uninitialized read.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Xavier Roche <roche@httrack.com>

.flake8

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[flake8]
+# Match black's formatting so the two tools don't fight.
+max-line-length = 88
+# E203/W503 conflict with black's slice and line-break style.
+extend-ignore = E203, W503

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ jobs:
   # Validate the Debian packaging via the same script maintainers release with.
   # One amd64/gcc run is enough: packaging (control/rules/manifest/lintian/quilt
   # source build) is arch- and compiler-independent, and the build matrix above
-  # already covers compile portability. lintian runs with --fail-on=error.
+  # already covers compile portability. mkdeb.sh runs lintian as an explicit gate
+  # (debuild does not propagate lintian's exit) with --fail-on=error,warning.
   deb:
     name: deb package (lintian)
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04

configure.ac

@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/httrack.c)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
-# 3:0:0: htsblk layout changed (contenttype/charset/contentencoding widened to
-# 128), an incompatible ABI break, so bump current and reset revision/age.
-VERSION_INFO="3:0:0"
+# 4:0:0: htsblk gained the contenttype_given field, an incompatible ABI break,
+# so bump current and reset revision/age.
+VERSION_INFO="4:0:0"
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
 

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+httrack (3.49.8-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Rename libhttrack3 to libhttrack4 to follow the SONAME bump to
+    libhttrack.so.4: htsblk gained a contenttype_given field, an
+    incompatible ABI change (VERSION_INFO 3 -> 4). The .files wildcard
+    now tracks .so.4* so the runtime libraries land in the right
+    package. New binary package, via NEW.
+
+ -- Xavier Roche <xavier@debian.org>  Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:46:16 +0200
+
 httrack (3.49.8-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Rename libhttrack2 to libhttrack3 to follow the SONAME, which the 3.49.8

debian/control

@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ Description: webhttrack common files
  This package is the common files of webhttrack, website copier and
  mirroring utility
 
-Package: libhttrack3
+Package: libhttrack4
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Section: libs
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
-Replaces: libhttrack2, httrack (<< 3.49.8-2~)
-Breaks: libhttrack2, httrack (<< 3.49.8-2~)
+Replaces: libhttrack3, httrack (<< 3.49.8-3~)
+Breaks: libhttrack3, httrack (<< 3.49.8-3~)
 Description: Httrack website copier library
  This package is the library part of httrack, website copier and mirroring
  utility

debian/httrack-doc.lintian-overrides

@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 # so the path lives in the display pointer, not the override -- match with '*'.
 httrack-doc: extra-license-file *
 httrack-doc: package-contains-documentation-outside-usr-share-doc *
+# search.sh is a sample CGI shipped alongside the HTML manual, not meant to be
+# run from the package tree; it stays non-executable by design.
+httrack-doc: script-not-executable *

debian/libhttrack3.files

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-usr/lib/*/libhttrack.so.3*
-usr/lib/*/libhtsjava.so.3*
-usr/share/httrack/templates

debian/libhttrack4.files

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+usr/lib/*/libhttrack.so.4*
+usr/lib/*/libhtsjava.so.4*
+usr/share/httrack/templates

debian/libhttrack4.lintian-overrides

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # The shared libraries ship without a versioned symbols control file (ABI is
 # tracked via the SONAME plus a >= upstream-version dependency, see debian/rules).
-libhttrack3: no-symbols-control-file usr/lib/*
+libhttrack4: no-symbols-control-file usr/lib/*

debian/rules

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ binary-arch: build install
 	dh_makeshlibs -a -X/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/httrack/libtest --version-info
 	dh_installdeb -a
 	# we depend on the current version (ABI may change)
-	dh_shlibdeps -a -ldebian/libhttrack3/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+	dh_shlibdeps -a -ldebian/libhttrack4/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
 	dh_gencontrol -a
 	dh_md5sums -a
 	dh_builddeb -a

src/htslib.c

@@ -1396,6 +1396,8 @@ int http_sendhead(httrackp * opt, t_cookie * cookie, int mode,
 void treatfirstline(htsblk * retour, const char *rcvd) {
   const char *a = rcvd;
 
+  retour->contenttype_given = HTS_FALSE; /* set when a Content-Type is seen */
+
   // exemple:
   // HTTP/1.0 200 OK
   if (*a) {
@@ -1589,11 +1591,17 @@ void treathead(t_cookie * cookie, const char *adr, const char *fil, htsblk * ret
           }
         }
       }
-      sscanf(rcvd + p, "%s", tempo);
-      if (strlen(tempo) < sizeof(retour->contenttype) - 2)      // pas trop long!!
-        strcpybuff(retour->contenttype, tempo);
-      else
-        strcpybuff(retour->contenttype, "application/octet-stream-unknown");    // erreur
+      // An empty/whitespace Content-Type value yields no token; keep the
+      // default type and the "not given" flag instead of reading uninit tempo.
+      if (sscanf(rcvd + p, "%s", tempo) == 1) {
+        if (strlen(tempo) < sizeof(retour->contenttype) - 2) // pas trop long!!
+          strcpybuff(retour->contenttype, tempo);
+        else
+          strcpybuff(retour->contenttype,
+                     "application/octet-stream-unknown"); // erreur
+        retour->contenttype_given =
+            HTS_TRUE; /* server declared a usable type */
+      }
     }
   } else if ((p = strfield(rcvd, "Content-Range:")) != 0) {
     // Content-Range: bytes 0-70870/70871

src/htsname.c

@@ -138,6 +138,34 @@ static void cleanEndingSpaceOrDot(char *s) {
   }
 }
 
+/* Should the wire Content-Type override the URL's own extension when naming the
+   saved file? True when the type is patchable (may_unknown2) and either the URL
+   extension implies no specific type or the server declared a disagreeing one.
+   A URL extension mapping to a specific non-HTML type is kept only when the
+   server sent NO Content-Type (the #267 mangle guard): a typeless .png stays
+   .png, but a .pdf explicitly served as text/html is named .html. */
+static int wire_patches_ext(httrackp *opt, const char *wiremime,
+                            const char *file, int contenttype_given) {
+  char urlmime[256];
+
+  if (may_unknown2(opt, wiremime, file))
+    return 0; /* type kept verbatim (keep-list / bogus-multiple) */
+  urlmime[0] = '\0';
+  /* type implied by the URL extension, only when confidently known (flag 0) */
+  if (!get_httptype_sized(opt, urlmime, sizeof(urlmime), file, 0))
+    return 1; /* URL ext implies no known type: trust the wire type */
+  if (strfield2(wiremime, urlmime))
+    return 0; /* wire agrees with the ext: keep it (no .htm->.html churn) */
+  /* wire disagrees with a specific non-HTML URL ext. Keep the ext only when
+     the server sent NO Content-Type: a missing type is defaulted to text/html
+     upstream and must not clobber e.g. a .png. An explicitly declared type is
+     trusted, so a binary-looking URL that really serves HTML (login/error
+     interstitial, soft-404) is named .html instead of kept as .pdf/.jpg. */
+  if (!is_hypertext_mime(opt, urlmime, file) && !contenttype_given)
+    return 0;
+  return 1;
+}
+
 // forme le nom du fichier à sauver (save) à partir de fil et adr
 // système intelligent, qui renomme en cas de besoin (exemple: deux INDEX.HTML et index.html)
 int url_savename(lien_adrfilsave *const afs,
@@ -325,7 +353,10 @@ int url_savename(lien_adrfilsave *const afs,
   }
 
   /* replace shtml to html.. */
-  if (opt->savename_delayed == HTS_SAVENAME_DELAYED_HARD)
+  /* HARD delays every type, except one the user pinned with --assume: honor it
+     immediately (ishtml() consults the user type), no delayed name (#56) */
+  if (opt->savename_delayed == HTS_SAVENAME_DELAYED_HARD &&
+      !is_userknowntype(opt, fil))
     is_html = -1;               /* ALWAYS delay type */
   else
     is_html = ishtml(opt, fil);
@@ -380,7 +411,8 @@ int url_savename(lien_adrfilsave *const afs,
               if (strnotempty(r.cdispo)) {        /* filename given */
                 ext_chg = 2;      /* change filename */
                 strcpybuff(ext, r.cdispo);
-              } else if (!may_unknown2(opt, r.contenttype, fil)) {        // on peut patcher à priori?
+              } else if (wire_patches_ext(opt, r.contenttype, fil,
+                                          r.contenttype_given)) {
                 if (give_mimext(s, sizeof(s),
                                 r.contenttype)) { // recognized extension
                   ext_chg = 1;
@@ -425,7 +457,9 @@ int url_savename(lien_adrfilsave *const afs,
               if (strnotempty(headers->r.cdispo)) {        /* filename given */
                 ext_chg = 2;      /* change filename */
                 strcpybuff(ext, headers->r.cdispo);
-              } else if (!may_unknown2(opt, headers->r.contenttype, headers->url_fil)) {    // on peut patcher à priori? (pas interdit ou pas de type)
+              } else if (wire_patches_ext(opt, headers->r.contenttype,
+                                          headers->url_fil,
+                                          headers->r.contenttype_given)) {
                 char s[16];
                 if (give_mimext(
                         s, sizeof(s),
@@ -653,7 +687,9 @@ int url_savename(lien_adrfilsave *const afs,
                     if (strnotempty(back[b].r.cdispo)) {        /* filename given */
                       ext_chg = 2;      /* change filename */
                       strcpybuff(ext, back[b].r.cdispo);
-                    } else if (!may_unknown2(opt, back[b].r.contenttype, back[b].url_fil)) {    // on peut patcher à priori? (pas interdit ou pas de type)
+                    } else if (wire_patches_ext(opt, back[b].r.contenttype,
+                                                back[b].url_fil,
+                                                back[b].r.contenttype_given)) {
                       if (give_mimext(
                               s, sizeof(s),
                               back[b].r.contenttype)) { // recognized extension

src/htsopt.h

@@ -651,6 +651,8 @@ struct htsblk {
   int debugid;           /**< connection debug id */
   /* */
   htsrequest req; /**< parameters used for the request */
+  /* a Content-Type header was received (else contenttype holds a default) */
+  hts_boolean contenttype_given;
   /*char digest[32+2];   // md5 digest generated by the engine ("" if none) */
 };
 

tests/13_local-cookies.test

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Cookie chain against the local test server (replaces the old online
+# ut/cookies/*.php fixtures). entrance.php sets cat/cake; second.php checks
+# them and sets badger; third.php checks all three. A missing or wrong cookie
+# returns 500, which would surface as an httrack error and a missing file, so a
+# clean 3-files/0-errors run proves the cookie jar is replayed across links.
+
+: "${top_srcdir:=..}"
+
+bash "$top_srcdir/tests/local-crawl.sh" --errors 0 --files 3 \
+    --found 'cookies/entrance.html' \
+    --found 'cookies/second.html' \
+    --found 'cookies/third.html' \
+    httrack 'BASEURL/cookies/entrance.php'

tests/14_local-https.test

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# HTTPS crawl against the local test server, using the shipped self-signed
+# cert. httrack does not verify certs (htslib.c: SSL_CTX_new with no
+# SSL_CTX_set_verify), so the self-signed cert is accepted as-is and this
+# exercises the real TLS path offline. basic.html links to link.html with four
+# distinct query strings, each saved under a hashed name -> 5 files.
+
+: "${top_srcdir:=..}"
+
+if test "$HTTPS_SUPPORT" == "no"; then
+    echo "no https support compiled, skipping"
+    exit 77
+fi
+
+bash "$top_srcdir/tests/local-crawl.sh" --tls --errors 0 --files 5 \
+    --found 'simple/basic.html' \
+    httrack 'BASEURL/simple/basic.html'

tests/15_local-types.test

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Content-Type vs URL-extension naming (issue #267 family) under the default
+# delayed type check (-%N2). Policy: a MISSING Content-Type must not clobber a
+# URL extension that maps to a specific non-HTML type (.png/.pdf stay as-is);
+# an explicitly DECLARED type is trusted, so a binary-looking URL that really
+# serves HTML (text/html on .pdf/.jpg) is named .html. The "wrong" names are
+# asserted absent so a regression in either direction fails here.
+
+: "${top_srcdir:=..}"
+
+bash "$top_srcdir/tests/local-crawl.sh" --errors 0 \
+    --found 'types/notype.png' \
+    --found 'types/notype.pdf' --not-found 'types/notype.html' \
+    --found 'types/photo.png' \
+    --found 'types/doc.pdf' \
+    --found 'types/lie.html' --not-found 'types/lie.png' \
+    --found 'types/report.html' --not-found 'types/report.pdf' \
+    --found 'types/page.htm' --not-found 'types/page.html' \
+    --found 'types/script.js' \
+    --found 'types/style.css' \
+    --found 'types/data.json' \
+    --found 'types/control.html' --not-found 'types/control.php' \
+    --found 'types/gend61c.png' --not-found 'types/gend61c.html' \
+    httrack 'BASEURL/types/index.html'

tests/16_local-assume.test

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# --assume under the default delayed type check (-%N2), issue #56. A user type
+# pinned with --assume must be honored immediately, not lost to the delayed
+# name: photo.png served as image/png but assumed text/html is saved as .html.
+
+: "${top_srcdir:=..}"
+
+bash "$top_srcdir/tests/local-crawl.sh" --errors 0 \
+    --found 'types/photo.html' --not-found 'types/photo.png' \
+    httrack 'BASEURL/types/photo.png' --assume png=text/html

tests/17_local-empty-ct.test

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# An empty "Content-Type:" header value must be treated as "no usable type"
+# (keep the URL extension), not parsed from an uninitialized buffer. The crawl
+# also runs under ASan/UBSan in CI, which catches the uninitialized read this
+# guards against.
+
+: "${top_srcdir:=..}"
+
+bash "$top_srcdir/tests/local-crawl.sh" --errors 0 \
+    --found 'types/emptyct.png' --not-found 'types/emptyct.html' \
+    httrack 'BASEURL/types/index.html'

tests/Makefile.am

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # silently drop it from the dist tarball and break "make distcheck".
 EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTS) crawl-test.sh run-all-tests.sh check-network.sh \
 	proxy-https-server.py \
+	local-crawl.sh local-server.py server.crt server.key \
+	server-root/simple/basic.html server-root/simple/link.html \
 	fixtures/cache-golden/hts-cache/new.zip
 
 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT =
@@ -47,6 +49,11 @@ TESTS = \
 	11_crawl-longurl.test \
 	11_crawl-parsing.test \
 	12_crawl_https.test \
-	13_crawl_proxy_https.test
+	13_crawl_proxy_https.test \
+	13_local-cookies.test \
+	14_local-https.test \
+	15_local-types.test \
+	16_local-assume.test \
+	17_local-empty-ct.test
 
 CLEANFILES = check-network_sh.cache

tests/local-crawl.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Launcher for httrack crawl tests against the local Python test server.
+#
+# Starts tests/local-server.py on an ephemeral port, discovers the port from
+# the server's stdout, then runs httrack against http(s)://127.0.0.1:$PORT and
+# audits the mirror. The server is always killed and the tmpdir removed on exit.
+#
+# The token BASEURL in any httrack argument is replaced with the discovered
+# http(s)://127.0.0.1:$PORT base. --found/--directory paths are relative to the
+# discovered host root (127.0.0.1_<port>/), since the random port leaks into
+# the mirror directory name.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   bash local-crawl.sh [--tls] [--root DIR] \
+#       --errors N --files N --found PATH ... --directory PATH ... \
+#       httrack BASEURL/some/path [httrack-args...]
+
+set -u
+
+testdir=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
+server="${testdir}/local-server.py"
+root="${LOCAL_SERVER_ROOT:-${testdir}/server-root}"
+cert="${testdir}/server.crt"
+key="${testdir}/server.key"
+
+tls=
+verbose=
+tmpdir=
+serverpid=
+crawlpid=
+
+function warning {
+    echo "** $*" >&2
+    return 0
+}
+function die {
+    warning "$*"
+    exit 1
+}
+function debug {
+    test -n "$verbose" && echo "$*" >&2
+    return 0
+}
+function info { printf "[%s] ..\t" "$*" >&2; }
+function result { echo "$*" >&2; }
+
+function cleanup {
+    if test -n "$crawlpid"; then
+        kill -9 "$crawlpid" 2>/dev/null
+        crawlpid=
+    fi
+    if test -n "$serverpid"; then
+        kill "$serverpid" 2>/dev/null
+        # Reap it so the port is released before we rm the tmpdir/log.
+        wait "$serverpid" 2>/dev/null
+        serverpid=
+    fi
+    if test -n "$tmpdir" && test -d "$tmpdir"; then
+        test -n "$nopurge" || rm -rf "$tmpdir"
+    fi
+}
+
+function assert_equals {
+    info "$1"
+    if test ! "$2" == "$3"; then
+        result "expected '$2', got '$3'"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    result "OK ($2)"
+}
+
+nopurge=
+trap cleanup EXIT HUP INT QUIT PIPE TERM
+
+# python3 is required; mirror check-network.sh's skip-with-77 convention.
+command -v python3 >/dev/null || ! echo "python3 not found; skipping local crawl tests" || exit 77
+
+tmptopdir=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}
+test -d "$tmptopdir" || mkdir -p "$tmptopdir" || die "no temporary directory; set TMPDIR"
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d "${tmptopdir}/httrack_local.XXXXXX") || die "could not create tmpdir"
+
+# --- parse leading control flags --------------------------------------------
+declare -a audit=()
+scheme=http
+pos=0
+args=("$@")
+nargs=$#
+while test "$pos" -lt "$nargs"; do
+    case "${args[$pos]}" in
+    --debug) verbose=1 ;;
+    --no-purge)
+        nopurge=1
+        audit+=("--no-purge")
+        ;;
+    --tls)
+        tls=1
+        scheme=https
+        ;;
+    --root)
+        pos=$((pos + 1))
+        root="${args[$pos]}"
+        ;;
+    --errors | --files)
+        audit+=("${args[$pos]}" "${args[$((pos + 1))]}")
+        pos=$((pos + 1))
+        ;;
+    --found | --not-found | --directory)
+        audit+=("${args[$pos]}" "${args[$((pos + 1))]}")
+        pos=$((pos + 1))
+        ;;
+    httrack)
+        pos=$((pos + 1))
+        break
+        ;;
+    *) die "unrecognized option ${args[$pos]}" ;;
+    esac
+    pos=$((pos + 1))
+done
+
+# --- start the server --------------------------------------------------------
+test -r "$server" || die "cannot read $server"
+serverlog="${tmpdir}/server.log"
+serverargs=(--root "$root")
+if test -n "$tls"; then
+    serverargs+=(--tls --cert "$cert" --key "$key")
+fi
+debug "starting python3 $server ${serverargs[*]}"
+python3 "$server" "${serverargs[@]}" >"$serverlog" 2>&1 &
+serverpid=$!
+
+# Wait for the "PORT <n>" line (server prints it once bound).
+port=
+for _ in $(seq 1 50); do
+    if test -s "$serverlog"; then
+        line=$(head -n1 "$serverlog")
+        if test "${line%% *}" == "PORT"; then
+            port="${line#PORT }"
+            break
+        fi
+    fi
+    kill -0 "$serverpid" 2>/dev/null || die "server exited early: $(cat "$serverlog")"
+    sleep 0.1
+done
+test -n "$port" || die "could not discover server port: $(cat "$serverlog")"
+debug "server listening on ${scheme}://127.0.0.1:${port}"
+
+baseurl="${scheme}://127.0.0.1:${port}"
+
+# --- substitute BASEURL in the remaining (httrack) args ----------------------
+declare -a hts=()
+while test "$pos" -lt "$nargs"; do
+    hts+=("${args[$pos]//BASEURL/$baseurl}")
+    pos=$((pos + 1))
+done
+
+# --- run httrack -------------------------------------------------------------
+which httrack >/dev/null || die "could not find httrack"
+ver=$(httrack -O /dev/null --version | sed -e 's/HTTrack version //')
+test -n "$ver" || die "could not run httrack"
+
+out="${tmpdir}/crawl"
+mkdir "$out" || die "could not create $out"
+# Localhost is fast; disable the rate/bandwidth safety limits but keep a
+# max-time backstop so a hang cannot wedge the suite.
+declare -a moreargs=(--quiet --max-time=120 --timeout=30 --disable-security-limits --robots=0)
+log="${tmpdir}/log"
+info "running httrack ${hts[*]}"
+httrack -O "$out" --user-agent="httrack $ver local ($(uname -omrs))" "${moreargs[@]}" "${hts[@]}" >"$log" 2>&1 &
+crawlpid=$!
+wait "$crawlpid"
+crawlres=$?
+crawlpid=
+# httrack exits 0 even on hard connect/DNS errors, so this is a backstop only;
+# the real guard is the audit below (--errors 0 plus the host-root existence check).
+test "$crawlres" -eq 0 || ! result "httrack exited $crawlres" || {
+    cat "$log" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+result "OK"
+grep -iE "^[0-9:]*[[:space:]]Error:" "${out}/hts-log.txt" >&2
+
+# --- discover the single host root (127.0.0.1_<port> or 127.0.0.1) -----------
+hostroot=
+for cand in "${out}/127.0.0.1_${port}" "${out}/127.0.0.1"; do
+    if test -d "$cand"; then
+        hostroot="$cand"
+        break
+    fi
+done
+test -n "$hostroot" || die "could not find host root under $out"
+debug "host root: $hostroot"
+
+# --- audit -------------------------------------------------------------------
+i=0
+while test "$i" -lt "${#audit[@]}"; do
+    case "${audit[$i]}" in
+    --errors)
+        i=$((i + 1))
+        assert_equals "checking errors" "${audit[$i]}" \
+            "$(grep -iEc "^[0-9:]*[[:space:]]Error:" "${out}/hts-log.txt")"
+        ;;
+    --files)
+        i=$((i + 1))
+        nFiles=$(grep -E "^HTTrack Website Copier/[^ ]* mirror complete in " "${out}/hts-log.txt" |
+            sed -e 's/.*[[:space:]]\([^ ]*\)[[:space:]]files written.*/\1/g')
+        assert_equals "checking files" "${audit[$i]}" "$nFiles"
+        ;;
+    --found)
+        i=$((i + 1))
+        info "checking for ${audit[$i]}"
+        if test -f "${hostroot}/${audit[$i]}"; then result "OK"; else
+            result "not found"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        ;;
+    --not-found)
+        i=$((i + 1))
+        info "checking absence of ${audit[$i]}"
+        if test ! -f "${hostroot}/${audit[$i]}"; then result "OK"; else
+            result "present"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        ;;
+    --directory)
+        i=$((i + 1))
+        info "checking for dir ${audit[$i]}"
+        if test -d "${hostroot}/${audit[$i]}"; then result "OK"; else
+            result "not found"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        ;;
+    esac
+    i=$((i + 1))
+done

tests/local-server.py

@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Self-contained local web server for httrack's crawl tests.
+
+Serves static fixtures from a docroot plus a handful of dynamic endpoints
+(cookies, ...) so httrack can be exercised over loopback, deterministically and
+offline, instead of crawling the live ut.httrack.com.
+
+Binds to an ephemeral port (port 0) and prints the chosen port to stdout as
+"PORT <n>\n" so a launcher can discover it. Pass --tls to wrap the socket with
+the shipped self-signed test cert; httrack does not verify certs, so no CA
+trust plumbing is needed.
+
+stdlib only (http.server + ssl) -- no new build or runtime dependency.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+from http.server import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
+from urllib.parse import quote, unquote, urlsplit
+
+# Cookie chain replicated from the old ut/cookies/*.php fixtures.
+COOKIE_PATH = "/cookies/"
+COOKIES = {
+    "cat": "dog",
+    "cake": "is a lie!",
+    "badger": "mushroom, with 'ants'",
+}
+
+PAGE = """<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
+\t"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en">
+<head>
+\t<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+\t<title>Sample test</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+{body}
+</body>
+</html>
+"""
+
+
+class Handler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
+    # Quieter logging; the launcher captures httrack's own log anyway.
+    def log_message(self, fmt, *args):
+        if os.environ.get("LOCAL_SERVER_VERBOSE"):
+            super().log_message(fmt, *args)
+
+    # --- helpers -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def request_cookies(self):
+        """Parse the Cookie header into {name: decoded-value}.
+
+        Mirrors PHP's $_COOKIE: values are url-decoded, matching the encoding
+        applied when the cookie was set (see set_cookie)."""
+        jar = {}
+        raw = self.headers.get("Cookie", "")
+        for pair in raw.split(";"):
+            pair = pair.strip()
+            if "=" in pair:
+                name, value = pair.split("=", 1)
+                jar[name.strip()] = unquote(value.strip())
+        return jar
+
+    def set_cookie(self, name, value):
+        """Queue a Set-Cookie header, url-encoding the value like PHP's
+        setcookie() so spaces/quotes/commas stay a single token that httrack
+        can store and replay verbatim."""
+        self._set_cookies.append(f"{name}={quote(value)}; Path={COOKIE_PATH}")
+
+    def send_html(self, body, status=200, extra_status=None):
+        encoded = PAGE.format(body=body).encode("utf-8")
+        self.send_response(status, extra_status)
+        self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(encoded)))
+        for cookie in self._set_cookies:
+            self.send_header("Set-Cookie", cookie)
+        self.end_headers()
+        if self.command != "HEAD":
+            self.wfile.write(encoded)
+
+    def fail_cookie(self, what):
+        # The old PHPs answered 500 with the reason in the status line.
+        self.send_html("", status=500, extra_status=f"The {what} is missing or invalid")
+
+    # --- dynamic routes ----------------------------------------------------
+
+    def route_entrance(self):
+        self.set_cookie("cat", COOKIES["cat"])
+        self.set_cookie("cake", COOKIES["cake"])
+        self.send_html('\tThis is a <a href="second.php">link</a>')
+
+    def route_second(self):
+        jar = self.request_cookies()
+        if jar.get("cat") != COOKIES["cat"]:
+            return self.fail_cookie("cat")
+        if jar.get("cake") != COOKIES["cake"]:
+            return self.fail_cookie("cake")
+        self.set_cookie("badger", COOKIES["badger"])
+        self.send_html('\tThis is a <a href="third.php">link</a>')
+
+    def route_third(self):
+        jar = self.request_cookies()
+        if jar.get("cat") != COOKIES["cat"]:
+            return self.fail_cookie("cat")
+        if jar.get("cake") != COOKIES["cake"]:
+            return self.fail_cookie("cake")
+        if jar.get("badger") != COOKIES["badger"]:
+            return self.fail_cookie("badger")
+        self.send_html("\tThis is a test.")
+
+    def route_robots(self):
+        body = b"User-agent: *\nDisallow:\n"
+        self.send_response(200)
+        self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(body)))
+        self.end_headers()
+        if self.command != "HEAD":
+            self.wfile.write(body)
+
+    # --- type/extension matrix (issue #267 family) -------------------------
+
+    def send_raw(self, body, content_type):
+        """Send a raw body with an explicit Content-Type, or none at all when
+        content_type is None (to observe httrack's typeless-file naming)."""
+        self.send_response(200)
+        if content_type is not None:
+            self.send_header("Content-Type", content_type)
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(body)))
+        self.end_headers()
+        if self.command != "HEAD":
+            self.wfile.write(body)
+
+    # Fake-binary blobs for the image/pdf/typeless cases.
+    FAKE_PNG = b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n" + b"\x00" * 64
+    FAKE_PDF = b"%PDF-1.4\n" + b"\x00" * 64
+
+    # path -> (body, content_type); None sends no header, "" sends an empty
+    # Content-Type value (no usable type, must be treated like None).
+    TYPE_MATRIX = {
+        "/types/control.php": (b"<html><body>control</body></html>", "text/html"),
+        "/types/photo.png": (FAKE_PNG, "image/png"),
+        "/types/doc.pdf": (FAKE_PDF, "application/pdf"),
+        "/types/notype.png": (FAKE_PNG, None),
+        "/types/notype.pdf": (FAKE_PDF, None),
+        "/types/emptyct.png": (FAKE_PNG, ""),
+        "/types/lie.png": (FAKE_PNG, "text/html"),
+        "/types/report.pdf": (b"<html><body>real page</body></html>", "text/html"),
+        "/types/page.htm": (b"<html><body>htm page</body></html>", "text/html"),
+        "/types/script.js": (b"var x = 1;\n", "application/javascript"),
+        "/types/style.css": (b"body { color: red; }\n", "text/css"),
+        "/types/data.json": (b'{"k": "v"}\n', "application/json"),
+        "/types/gen.php": (FAKE_PNG, "image/png"),
+    }
+
+    def route_types_index(self):
+        body = (
+            '\t<a href="control.php">control</a>\n'
+            '\t<img src="photo.png" />\n'
+            '\t<a href="doc.pdf">doc</a>\n'
+            '\t<img src="notype.png" />\n'
+            '\t<a href="notype.pdf">notypepdf</a>\n'
+            '\t<img src="emptyct.png" />\n'
+            '\t<img src="lie.png" />\n'
+            '\t<a href="report.pdf">report</a>\n'
+            '\t<a href="page.htm">htm</a>\n'
+            '\t<script src="script.js"></script>\n'
+            '\t<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />\n'
+            '\t<a href="data.json">json</a>\n'
+            '\t<img src="gen.php?id=5" />\n'
+        )
+        self.send_html(body)
+
+    def route_types(self):
+        path = urlsplit(self.path).path
+        body, ctype = self.TYPE_MATRIX[path]
+        self.send_raw(body, ctype)
+
+    ROUTES = {
+        "/cookies/entrance.php": route_entrance,
+        "/cookies/second.php": route_second,
+        "/cookies/third.php": route_third,
+        "/robots.txt": route_robots,
+        "/types/index.html": route_types_index,
+        "/types/control.php": route_types,
+        "/types/photo.png": route_types,
+        "/types/doc.pdf": route_types,
+        "/types/notype.png": route_types,
+        "/types/notype.pdf": route_types,
+        "/types/emptyct.png": route_types,
+        "/types/lie.png": route_types,
+        "/types/report.pdf": route_types,
+        "/types/page.htm": route_types,
+        "/types/script.js": route_types,
+        "/types/style.css": route_types,
+        "/types/data.json": route_types,
+        "/types/gen.php": route_types,
+    }
+
+    # --- dispatch ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def dispatch(self):
+        self._set_cookies = []
+        path = urlsplit(self.path).path
+        handler = self.ROUTES.get(path)
+        if handler is not None:
+            handler(self)
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        if not self.dispatch():
+            super().do_GET()
+
+    def do_HEAD(self):
+        if not self.dispatch():
+            super().do_HEAD()
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--root", required=True, help="docroot for static files")
+    parser.add_argument("--bind", default="127.0.0.1", help="bind address")
+    parser.add_argument("--tls", action="store_true", help="serve HTTPS")
+    parser.add_argument("--cert", help="TLS certificate (PEM)")
+    parser.add_argument("--key", help="TLS private key (PEM)")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    root = os.path.abspath(args.root)
+
+    def factory(*a, **kw):
+        return Handler(*a, directory=root, **kw)
+
+    httpd = ThreadingHTTPServer((args.bind, 0), factory)
+
+    if args.tls:
+        import ssl
+
+        ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
+        ctx.load_cert_chain(certfile=args.cert, keyfile=args.key)
+        httpd.socket = ctx.wrap_socket(httpd.socket, server_side=True)
+
+    port = httpd.socket.getsockname()[1]
+    # The launcher reads this line to discover the ephemeral port.
+    print(f"PORT {port}", flush=True)
+
+    try:
+        httpd.serve_forever()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

tests/server-root/simple/basic.html

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
+	"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
+
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="fr">
+
+<head>
+	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+	<title>Sample test</title>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+
+	This is a <a href="link.html?v=1">link</a>
+	This is a <a href='link.html?v=2'>link</a>
+	This is a <a href="./link.html?v=3">link</a>
+	This is a <a href=link.html?v=4>link</a>
+
+</body>

tests/server-root/simple/link.html

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This is a link.
+
+Go back to <a href="basic.html">home</a>.

tests/server.crt

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----

tests/server.key

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
+MIIEvgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKgwggSkAgEAAoIBAQDx78mogNhTnoWw
+Ra51NeGtapQ1PfTYLlIMUzuloFXOsR1/ozRkFucqHNftF22wf0gg4VQJSBSf3rwj
+79vsnt3nyaD03bTAafpHXkd+IJxQowiG8TfOJF0R/Qg9g7DCE66R9agQpMJCSGxI
+in9p/4ld4Hn6869d4hNq4fHxNf/qkj2cnf8DYxrldz2FGsi6yMed4tzz2Am4ZbPg
+wep+fy843ZdYrVIms9vJluNa9E+6Vpw9FwdjzQ/IBBMLvGaC2pDkc95YelaEnQrA
+lTO/0l5vjc8XuTQFlo3DbUg+WEld/pxvCqsd/q1mqjL0WbxtXl2zCwGzAoJxrjVE
+PfA8QSbtAgMBAAECggEACgNK4klq1T3IpKdNoBY5yoE7CbUQZBNkBpSPRxHgBezj
+SVFfgrZGnOySrIJSt4JHtuynG2Hl+0ku74HRep/ck+eOsh5W3mZvGvMLnGxhwR3u
+Or99osTIgU0VQTkpC0SLQ16FCnih0uJycNIikdLR7uuya1tt1OyIBzK7XlNGIywT
+p85zJc7/6TfTC9eM7lqh7JGR7KplBxSvgZL1pUr7y4rNpKms6uzOvPND79CcKnbU
+BBA9Tu4qdOkoOljsZKkvh3pihxyG9X6d8QTZ/uX3pkvliwSFBc+Sz9EootA3/4r5
+gVWpQ2t/AY7fY4hqzLIX/HivVaPj3cWk1G+SHm0XNQKBgQD5I9rijqFvV/p6FmUl
+FbnjJFFHHgZLivlGxAC5vOyJNQQaqdeDzg7yMotNmQTggVGjT6sjdosQb3n+ctuk
+EhQnZSU5VkNKv1+PTR35WrRkaECCaqz3Pv79pV9GVcX3it7UuYjNiOeSPqINWe+X
+49JwnJFz+qQ1BchAwOis4zkENwKBgQD4mShDaYLOO97VpgZj4cGxHHWyEK9CRQvp
+I7HxRmfaWS3JHwb88lOmALEU6pAj5cYJPAznv8BnUWcVHalZbkQ1JWYtUJRqj6OI
+Ym7rw/nm4Ay5ijbdEism173dSk3IjOe+PdAlxzsOuVzYdBTqElmeQWtBzhY9aHvX
+r+A02C2j+wKBgHHDo6Gsi57yR5gUPd9vSlCkNtEIrss0DJv5yHMIB+KnaNZcE+NF
+5qFF30Jxyz5RDtxJ9tXcvaeln8lG3XDQKI/MqfDCqTuqo5ImHrfMaW8oA70JxS2p
+gHqGVzkg1aMxsIrmpcdk6olnPExocvWivGdbtzeEjhMALu8Sp6y6nUCFAoGBAK5h
+KLgYw/OMVaQCIMthaa+l6f0s7PMMYe1453H6VBD6qz4/8HPwO7LfG1gzrUYxADgs
+ElVh0UHn/On383nS+i9Ze5Hfyyvwc+LQQURKJPrJQMPJavCptPE7NmiKnYNHK6vr
+yh0l4oxShAklbCJBGvICq4zuVfVfXDeQnDIVTfaPAoGBAMCrZqYdOUhUu+aUqxZq
+qO/TTQxrxftU63jGUg+o042TdgI4KWLn07wvHJ8/E2OqF35eXenvcuKbNLI1l72J
+4cp+3cUv8iAXThTRYEztr5CS/wta4o4CNN8zfjn5dV9AI4Hmt4V7EaGWpBcViGbj
+n0Mhag+dO8DHuenqi1yfMrAt
+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----

tools/mkdeb.sh

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 # Options:
 #   -k, --key KEYID            GPG key for signing (default: $DEBSIGN_KEYID)
 #   -o, --outdir DIR           output directory (default: <repo>/dist)
+#       --orig FILE            reuse this upstream orig tarball instead of
+#                              regenerating it (required for a Debian revision
+#                              >= 2, whose orig is frozen in the archive)
 #   -s, --source-only          build only the source package
 #   -u, --unsigned             do not sign anything (implies no release sigs)
 #       --no-release-artifacts skip the orig tarball .asc/.md5/.sha1
@@ -34,6 +37,10 @@
 # chroot for the changelog's distribution; create one once with the companion
 # tools/mk-sbuild-chroot.sh (rootless unshare backend).
 #
+# The Debian revision in debian/changelog decides the orig: revision 1 builds a
+# fresh upstream tarball; revision >= 2 must reuse the orig frozen at revision 1
+# (the .dsc references it by checksum), so pass it with --orig.
+#
 # SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is honored for reproducible output.
 
 set -euo pipefail
@@ -66,6 +73,7 @@ need() {
 main() {
     local key=${DEBSIGN_KEYID:-}
     local outdir=""
+    local orig_in=""
     local source_only=0
     local unsigned=0
     local release_artifacts=1
@@ -83,6 +91,11 @@ main() {
             outdir=$2
             shift 2
             ;;
+        --orig)
+            [[ $# -ge 2 ]] || die "missing argument for $1"
+            orig_in=$2
+            shift 2
+            ;;
         -s | --source-only)
             source_only=1
             shift
@@ -109,8 +122,8 @@ main() {
         esac
     done
 
-    need git autoreconf debuild dcmd
-    [[ $sbuild -eq 1 ]] && need sbuild dpkg-parsechangelog
+    need git autoreconf debuild dcmd dpkg-parsechangelog
+    [[ $sbuild -eq 1 ]] && need sbuild
     if [[ $unsigned -eq 0 ]]; then
         need gpg
         [[ -n $key ]] || die "no signing key (pass --key or set DEBSIGN_KEYID, or use --unsigned)"
@@ -122,6 +135,11 @@ main() {
     mkdir -p "$outdir"
     outdir=$(cd "$outdir" && pwd)
 
+    if [[ -n $orig_in ]]; then
+        [[ -r $orig_in ]] || die "--orig file not readable: $orig_in"
+        orig_in=$(cd "$(dirname "$orig_in")" && pwd)/$(basename "$orig_in")
+    fi
+
     scratch=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/httrack-mkdeb.XXXXXX")
     trap 'rm -rf -- "$scratch"' EXIT
 
@@ -133,45 +151,65 @@ main() {
     git -C "$repo/src/coucal" archive --format=tar --prefix=src/coucal/ HEAD |
         tar -x -C "$export_dir"
 
-    # Refresh build system and man page, then build the tarball. We build here
-    # only because regen-man needs the compiled binaries; the test suite is not
-    # run in this pass. debuild (below) runs the full suite once, with the online
-    # tests enabled, so a check here would just be a slower, offline-only repeat.
-    info "regenerating build system and man page"
-    (
-        cd "$export_dir"
-        autoreconf -fi
-        ./configure --quiet
-        make -s -j"$(nproc)"
-        make -s -C man regen-man
-        # Build the tarball from a clean tree so no object files leak into it.
-        make -s clean
-        make -s dist
-    )
+    # Upstream version and Debian revision drive the orig: revision 1 builds a
+    # fresh tarball, revision >= 2 reuses the one frozen at -1 (the .dsc pins it
+    # by checksum, so a regenerated orig with new mtimes would be rejected).
+    local fullver ver rev
+    fullver=$(cd "$export_dir" && dpkg-parsechangelog -S Version)
+    ver=${fullver%-*}
+    rev=${fullver##*-}
+    local orig=httrack_${ver}.orig.tar.gz
+    info "version $ver (Debian revision $rev)"
 
-    local tarball ver
-    local -a tarballs
-    shopt -s nullglob
-    tarballs=("$export_dir"/httrack-*.tar.gz)
-    shopt -u nullglob
-    [[ ${#tarballs[@]} -ge 1 ]] || die "make dist produced no tarball"
-    tarball=${tarballs[0]##*/}
-    ver=${tarball#httrack-}
-    ver=${ver%.tar.gz}
-    info "version $ver"
+    # A signed build is upload-bound, so a revision >= 2 must reuse the frozen
+    # orig (--orig); an unsigned build is a throwaway (CI, local) and may
+    # regenerate it, since it can never reach the archive.
+    if [[ -z $orig_in && $rev != 1 && $unsigned -eq 0 ]]; then
+        die "Debian revision $rev needs --orig FILE (the orig is frozen from revision 1)"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -n $orig_in ]]; then
+        info "reusing upstream tarball $orig_in"
+        cp -- "$orig_in" "$scratch/$orig"
+    else
+        # Refresh build system and man page, then build the tarball. We build
+        # here only because regen-man needs the compiled binaries; the test
+        # suite is not run in this pass. debuild (below) runs the full suite
+        # once, online tests enabled, so a check here would just repeat it.
+        info "regenerating build system and man page"
+        (
+            cd "$export_dir"
+            autoreconf -fi
+            ./configure --quiet
+            make -s -j"$(nproc)"
+            make -s -C man regen-man
+            # Build the tarball from a clean tree so no object files leak in.
+            make -s clean
+            make -s dist
+        )
+        local -a tarballs
+        shopt -s nullglob
+        tarballs=("$export_dir"/httrack-*.tar.gz)
+        shopt -u nullglob
+        [[ ${#tarballs[@]} -ge 1 ]] || die "make dist produced no tarball"
+        local tarball=${tarballs[0]##*/}
+        [[ $tarball == "httrack-$ver.tar.gz" ]] ||
+            die "changelog version $ver disagrees with built tarball $tarball (configure.ac mismatch?)"
+        cp -- "$export_dir/$tarball" "$scratch/$orig"
+    fi
 
     # 3.0 (quilt): orig tarball is upstream-only; debian/ is overlaid on top.
-    local orig=httrack_${ver}.orig.tar.gz
-    cp -- "$export_dir/$tarball" "$scratch/$orig"
     (
         cd "$scratch"
         tar -xf "$orig"
+        [[ -d httrack-$ver ]] || die "orig tarball does not unpack to httrack-$ver/"
         cp -a "$export_dir/debian" "httrack-$ver/debian"
     )
 
-    # Build (debuild also runs lintian and signs). --fail-on aborts on a lintian
-    # error or warning, so neither a release nor CI produces an unclean package.
-    local -a debuild_opts=(--lintian-opts -I -i "--fail-on=error,warning")
+    # Build and sign. debuild runs lintian too but does NOT propagate its exit
+    # status, so a broken package would pass unnoticed; disable it here and run
+    # lintian ourselves below as the real gate.
+    local -a debuild_opts=(--no-lintian)
     local -a build_opts=()
     [[ $source_only -eq 1 ]] && build_opts+=(-S)
     if [[ $unsigned -eq 1 ]]; then
@@ -182,7 +220,8 @@ main() {
     info "building packages with debuild"
     (
         cd "$scratch/httrack-$ver"
-        debuild "${build_opts[@]}" "${debuild_opts[@]}"
+        # debuild options (--no-lintian) must precede the dpkg-buildpackage ones
+        debuild "${debuild_opts[@]}" "${build_opts[@]}"
     )
 
     # Collect every file the .changes references (orig, dsc, debs, ddebs, buildinfo).
@@ -192,6 +231,16 @@ main() {
     changes=("$scratch"/*.changes)
     shopt -u nullglob
     [[ ${#changes[@]} -ge 1 ]] || die "debuild produced no .changes file"
+
+    # The real lintian gate (debuild only reports, it does not fail on tags).
+    # --profile debian: CI runners are Ubuntu, whose vendor data would wrongly
+    # reject the Debian "unstable" distribution. newer-standards-version only
+    # means the local lintian is older than the buildds', not a package
+    # defect, so suppress it. set -e turns any error/warning tag into a failure.
+    info "running lintian gate (--fail-on=error,warning)"
+    lintian --profile debian -I -i --fail-on=error,warning \
+        --suppress-tags newer-standards-version "${changes[@]}"
+
     dcmd cp -- "${changes[@]}" "$outdir/"
 
     # Clean-room build gate: rebuild the source package in a minimal chroot that
@@ -219,8 +268,12 @@ main() {
     fi
 
     # Release artifacts for the upstream tarball (detached sig + checksums).
+    # A Debian revision >= 2 .changes omits the orig (it is already in the
+    # archive), so dcmd above won't have copied it; place it from the build tree
+    # so the website artifacts are produced regardless of the revision.
     if [[ $release_artifacts -eq 1 && $unsigned -eq 0 ]]; then
         info "signing upstream tarball"
+        cp -- "$scratch/$orig" "$outdir/$orig"
         (
             cd "$outdir"
             gpg --armor --detach-sign --yes -u "$key" -- "$orig"