Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.14.24
Severity: minor
When the line with the architecture is missing from debian/control,
dpkg-genchanges ends up with this error:
Use of uninitialized value $b in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Dpkg/Arch.pm
line 295.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/perl5/Dpkg/Arch.pm line 244.
Use of uninitialized value $arch in hash element at
/usr/share/perl5/Dpkg/Arch.pm line 251.
Use of uninitialized value $a in split at /usr/bin/dpkg-genchanges line 292.
where I really would like to just to report something along the lines of:
Sorry: No architecture specified. Bye.
or words to that effect.
I've put together a test case which might help you - see attached.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on:
ii binutils 2.18.1~cvs20080103-7 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii bzip2 1.0.5-1 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii cpio 2.9-13 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii dpkg 1.14.25 Debian package management system
ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-9 Time and date functions for Perl
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
ii make 3.81-5 The GNU version of the "make" util
ii patch 2.5.9-5 Apply a diff file to an original
ii perl [perl5] 5.10.0-19 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii perl-modules 5.10.0-19 Core Perl modules
Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends:
ii build-essential 11.4 Informational list of build-essent
ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.3.2-2 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.1 [c-compiler] 4.1.2-24 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.2 [c-compiler] 4.2.4-4 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.3 [c-compiler] 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU C compiler
Versions of packages dpkg-dev suggests:
ii debian-keyring 2008.07.22 GnuPG (and obsolete PGP) keys of D
ii gnupg 1.4.9-3 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
-- debconf-show failed
#!/bin/bash -ex
dir=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/foobar-0.1
rm -rf $dir
mkdir --parents $dir
cd $dir
cat > Makefile <<!
.PHONY : all install clean
all:
install:
clean:
!
dh_make --email [email protected] --native --multi --packagename foobar
cat > debian/control <<!
Source: foobar
Section: games
Priority: extra
Maintainer: No Body <[email protected]>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7)
Standards-Version: 3.7.3
Homepage: http://www.example.com
Package: foobar
Architecture: any
Depends: make
Description: When you die, you lose a very important part of your life.
The truth according to Brooke Shields
Package: foobar-doc
Architecture: all
Description: Documentation for foobar
You know you've been sitting in front of your Lisp machine too long
when you go out to the junk food machine and start wondering how to
make it give you the CADR of Item H so you can get that yummie
chocolate cupcake that's stuck behind the disgusting vanilla one.
Package: foobar-noarch
Description: Dummy package
This package will cause dpkg-buildpackage to fail because it
has no
Architecture:
line in debian/control
!
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
