Control: tags -1 wontfix
Guillem Jover:
On Tue, 2022-09-13 at 15:50:07 +0200, Fab Stz wrote:
Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.29.9
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/dpkg-buildpackage
This may be a regression because I don't have this problem with 1.20.12 which
is on bullseye.
When in debian/rules, I include a file that doesn't exists, dpkg will try to
run
dh /path/to/missing/file ....
which leads to this failure & error:
dh: error: unknown sequence/path/to/missing/file (choose from: binary binary-
arch binary-indep build build-arch build-indep clean install install-arch
install-indep)
for example, in your debian/rules, at the top, put
-include /path/to/missing/file
then, run dpkg-buildpackage
Hi,
This seems to be a feature interaction between make and the `dh $@`
style. GNU Make appears to be attempting to create the missing file for
you and I guess it ends up hitting the `catch all %:` rule calling dh
(which I assume you have in your rules file).
This happens *before* dh is called so debhelper cannot do anything about
it. Your only option is to look at having make or your `debian/rules`
file handle this case. Options might include:
* Ensure there is a (.PHONY) target for the missing file to ensure Make
does not pick up the default rule.
* Add Make conditionals around the include so the include is skipped
when the file is not present.
I tested a simple `.PHONY: foo` + `-include foo` and that seemed to work
locally. But you will have to figure out what works for you.
Either way, this is two products independently working as designed
ending up in a bad feature interaction that cannot be solved - only
worked around (for as long as we rely on make and debhelper in Debian
packaging). Therefore closing this as "wontfix" (read: "cantfix").
Thanks,
~Niels
