Hello, Thank you for the report. I will look into this today.
On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Santiago Vila <sanv...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: src:witty > Version: 3.3.4+dfsg-6 > User: sanv...@debian.org > Usertags: binary-indep > Severity: important > > Dear maintainer: > > I tried to build this package with "dpkg-buildpackage -A" > (i.e. only architecture-independent packages), and it failed: > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > [...] > fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep > dh_testdir > dh_testroot > dh_clean -k > dh_clean: dh_clean -k is deprecated; use dh_prep instead > dh_installdirs > # Commands to install the package into debian/tmp > > [ ... snipped ... ] > > patch -p1 -d debian/tmp/usr/lib/Wt < > debian/patches/07_tests_cmake_dependencies.dpatch > patching file test/CMakeLists.txt > rm > /<<BUILDDIR>>/witty-3.3.4+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/lib/Wt/examples/wtwithqt/LICENSE > rm > /<<BUILDDIR>>/witty-3.3.4+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/lib/Wt/examples/wtwithqt/lib/LICENSE > dpkg-genchanges -A >../witty_3.3.4+dfsg-6_all.changes > dpkg-genchanges: error: binary build with no binary artifacts found; > cannot distribute > dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-genchanges gave error exit status 2 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This usually happens because there is a binary-indep target in debian/rules > which is either empty or does not do anything useful. > > If all the arch-independent packages are dummy transitional packages > released with jessie, > the easy fix is to drop them now. If not, debian/rules should be modified > so that the > binary-indep target generates the architecture independent packages (and > only those). > > After checking that both "dpkg-buildpackage -A" and "dpkg-buildpackage -B" > work > properly, this package will be suitable to be uploaded in source-only form > if you wish > (I recommend that you try it). > > Thanks. > -- Pau Garcia i Quiles http://www.elpauer.org (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)
