I wanted to build a custom kernel in my PPA.
I followed the guide at http://tjworld.net/wiki/Linux/Ubuntu/Kernel/CustomBuildPPA and used the debian/scripts/misc/prepare-personal-PPA-source source to package up my .deb,.dsc,.changes files for use by dput.
However, after compilation succeeded, my PPA uploaded was rejected due to 'Section "base" is not allowed in jaunty'
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24932153/oh5l24UsOOeuziNtjQEflqBEUN1.txt
I understand that the base section no longer exists in jaunty and Ubuntu normally overrides this with its own value when building packages. I presume the workaround would be sed -e 's/Section: base/Section: admin/' -i debian/control.
Ideally the PPA should always override unknown or disallowed sections to 'misc' and allow the upload.
Right, the section check shouldn't be that fascist on upload-time and for any unknown/disallowed section should be overridden to 'misc' on publication time.