Package: sbuild Version: 0.81.2 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Dear Maintainer,
sbuild does not download packages unless libwww-perl is installed. To reproduce: $ docker run -it debian:bullseye /bin/bash # just to have a clean system # apt-get update && apt-get -y install sbuild # same final result as using "apt install sbuild" # sbuild --no-clean --arch-any --arch-all --no-source --dist=stable --arch=amd64 http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/h/hello/hello_2.10-2.dsc E: Failed to open build log //http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/h/hello/hello_2.10-2.dsc_amd64-2022-04-19T10:20:26Z.build: No such file or directory E: Error creating chroot I expected the .dsc file to be downloaded. After installing libwww-perl sbuild works as expected: # apt-get -y install libwww-perl # sbuild --no-clean --arch-any --arch-all --no-source --dist=stable --arch=amd64 http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/h/hello/hello_2.10-2.dsc # it downloads the package as expected Not a Perl programmer here but I followed the code: /usr/bin/sbuild around line 103 does "check_url($jobname)" which is implemented in /usr/share/perl5/Sbuild/Utility.pm around line 166. It does: # Load LWP::UserAgent if possible, else return 0. if (! can_load( modules => { 'LWP::UserAgent' => undef, } )) { return 0; } Without libwww-perl package installed it returns 0. Then sbuild assumes that http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/h/hello/hello_2.10-2.dsc is a local file. I don't know if the way to go is to make the error message more helpful (suggesting to install the package?), or make libwww-perl a dependency (or at least recommended). Or perhaps add a note in the manual? It currently says "For .dsc files in remote locations, the source packages are downloaded first, then built." without noting that libwww-perl is required for this. Thank you, -- System Information: Debian Release: 11.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-security') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-13-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads) Locale: LANG=ca_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages sbuild depends on: ii adduser 3.118 ii libsbuild-perl 0.81.2 ii perl 5.32.1-4+deb11u2 Versions of packages sbuild recommends: ii autopkgtest 5.16 ii debootstrap 1.0.123 ii schroot 1.6.10-12 Versions of packages sbuild suggests: ii deborphan 1.7.33 ii e2fsprogs 1.46.2-2 ii kmod 28-1 ii wget 1.21-1+deb11u1 -- no debconf information
