Package: src:putty
Version: 0.66-1
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 --with=autoreconf --parallel
dh_testroot -i -O--parallel
dh_prep -i -O--parallel
dh_auto_install -i -O--parallel
make -j1 install DESTDIR=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp
AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR=no
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
make[2]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
/bin/mkdir -p '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/bin'
/usr/bin/install -c plink pscp psftp puttygen pterm putty puttytel
'/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/bin'
/bin/mkdir -p '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man1'
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 doc/plink.1 doc/pscp.1 doc/psftp.1 doc/pterm.1
doc/putty.1 doc/puttygen.1 doc/puttytel.1
'/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man1'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
dh_installdocs -i -O--parallel
dh_installchangelogs -i -O--parallel
dh_perl -i -O--parallel
dh_link -i -O--parallel
dh_strip_nondeterminism -i -O--parallel
debian/rules override_dh_compress
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
dh_compress -X.py
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
debian/rules override_dh_fixperms
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
dh_fixperms
chgrp utmp debian/pterm/usr/bin/pterm
chgrp: cannot access 'debian/pterm/usr/bin/pterm': No such file or directory
debian/rules:38: recipe for target 'override_dh_fixperms' failed
make[1]: *** [override_dh_fixperms] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
debian/rules:3: 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.
