diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
index 5f3bca7..7be4457 100644
--- a/common.py
+++ b/common.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ def checkReleaseExists(release):
         https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/releaseName page on Launchpad.
 
         If an error is returned; the release does not exist. """
+    release = release.split('-')[0] # remove pocket
     try:
         urllib2.urlopen("https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/%s" % release)
     except urllib2.HTTPError:
@@ -86,14 +87,18 @@ def checkSourceExists(package, release):
         https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/package page.
         
         Return the page and version in release. """
+    if '-' in release:
+        (release, pocket) = release.split('-', 1)
+    else:
+        pocket = 'release'
     try:
         page = urllib2.urlopen('https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/' + package).read()
 
-        m = re.search('"/ubuntu/%s/\+source/%s/(\d[^"]+)"' % (release,
-                package.replace('+', '\+')), page)
+        m = re.search('<td>%s</td>\s*\n.*"/ubuntu/%s/\+source/%s/(\d[^"]+)"' % (
+                pocket, release, package.replace('+', '\+')), page)
         if not m:
             print >> sys.stderr, "Unable to find source package '%s' in " \
-                "the %s release." % (package, release.capitalize())
+                "the %s-%s pocket." % (package, release.capitalize(), pocket)
             sys.exit(1)
 
     except urllib2.HTTPError, error: # Raised on 404.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0eb28bc..1c7fa89 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ubuntu-dev-tools (0.48) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * common.py, checkReleaseExists() and checkSourceExists(): Add support for
+    specifying pockets (e. g. release name "intrepid-proposed").
+
+ -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:09:03 +0100
+
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.47) jaunty; urgency=low
 
   [ Kees Cook ]