On 2020-05-03 14:04, Niels Thykier wrote: > Hi, > > Are you using > > dh binary --no-act > > with debian/rules containing: > > dh $@ --with=python3,sphinxdoc > > ? > > In that case, you are comparing apples with oranges. You would have to use > > dh binary --no-act --with=python3,sphinxdoc > > To see the sequence with the add-ons applied (or use the "new-style" > Build-Depends on dh-sequence-python3, dh-sequence-sphinxdoc).
While my initial report indeed makes it look as if I were mixing the two, I was actually correctly using the latter. My mistake was in expecting a sequence element which is not needed for a particular target (in my case, build-*). I only realized this when I progressed to the next issue in my testing.