Package: src:the
Version: 3.3~rc1-2
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
test -f debian/rules
test root = "`whoami`"
rm -rf debian/tmp-doc
install -d -m755
debian/tmp-doc/{DEBIAN,usr/share/{doc/{the/html,the-doc},doc-base,THE}}
cp debian/manual.the debian/tmp-doc/usr/share/THE
gzip -9fc the.man > debian/tmp-doc/usr/share/doc/the/the.man.gz
gzip: the.man: No such file or directory
debian/rules:48: recipe for target 'binary-indep' failed
make: *** [binary-indep] Error 1
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.
