Package: src:blt
Version: 2.5.3+dfsg-1
User: [email protected]
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:
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fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep
dh binary-indep
dh_testroot -i
dh_prep -i
dh_installdirs -i
debian/rules override_dh_auto_install
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg'
/usr/bin/make lib_so=libBLT.2.5.so.8.6 \
tcl_only_lib_so=libBLTlite.2.5.so.8.6 \
INSTALL_ROOT=/<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg/debian/tmp install
make[2]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg'
mkdir /<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr
mkdir /<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/bin
mkdir /<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/lib
mkdir /<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/include
mkdir /<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/lib/blt2.5
(cd generic; /usr/bin/make install)
make[3]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg/generic'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libBLT.a
/<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/lib/libBLT25.a
(cd /<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/lib; rm -f libBLT.a ; ln -s
libBLT25.a libBLT.a)
ranlib /<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/lib/libBLT25.a
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libBLTlite.a
/<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/lib/libBLTlite25.a
[... snipped ...]
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg'
dh_install -i
debian/rules override_dh_installdocs
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg'
dh_installdocs
rm debian/blt-dev/usr/share/doc/blt-dev/html/*.vc
rm: cannot remove 'debian/blt-dev/usr/share/doc/blt-dev/html/*.vc': No such
file or directory
debian/rules:68: recipe for target 'override_dh_installdocs' failed
make[1]: *** [override_dh_installdocs] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/blt-2.5.3+dfsg'
debian/rules:14: recipe for target 'binary-indep' failed
make: *** [binary-indep] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep gave error exit
status 2
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Sorry not to have a fix, as I am reporting many bugs similar to
this one, but I can give some general hints:
* 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 works in all cases, even when binary-arch is not used (this is
what the "Architecture: all" autobuilder does). For that:
* If you are using debhelper, you might want to use options -a and -i
for dh_* commands so that they do not act on packages they do not
have to act.
* Also, if you are using dh, the (independently) optional targets
override_dh_foo-arch and override_dh_foo-indep (for several values
of "foo") may be useful to write a debian/rules which behaves exactly
as desired.
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 (you might want to try it).
Thanks.
