Package: src:libtool Version: 2.4.2-1.11 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [...] debian/rules build-indep cd doc && makeinfo libtool.texi libtool.texi:9: @include: could not find version.texi libtool.texi:27: warning: undefined flag: VERSION libtool.texi:48: warning: undefined flag: VERSION libtool.texi:48: warning: undefined flag: UPDATED libtool.texi:82: warning: undefined flag: VERSION libtool.texi:553: warning: undefined flag: VERSION libtool.texi:586: warning: undefined flag: VERSION libtool.texi:2097: warning: undefined flag: VERSION debian/rules:153: recipe for target 'build-indep-stamp' failed make: *** [build-indep-stamp] Error 1 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build-indep gave error exit status 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry not to have a fix, as I am reporting many bugs similar to this one. The common hints are: * If the only architecture-independent packages are dummy transitional ones and they were released with jessie, the easy fix is to drop them now. * When using "dh", it is allowed to use (independently) optional targets override_dh_foo-arch and override_dh_foo-indep (for several values of "foo"). Once that both "dpkg-buildpackage -A" and "dpkg-buildpackage -B" work properly, the package would be suitable to be uploaded in source-only form if you wish. Thanks.
