Hi again, I thought it would be good to add the actual warning, so you do not have to go read blogs to figure it out.
Use of uninitialized value $sourcepackage in sprintf at /usr/bin/dpkg-source line 290. To reproduce it, simply do: $ mkdir debian $ dch --create --package test --newversion 1.0 'Initial packaging (Closes: XXXXXX)' $ cp -a /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules.tiny debian/rules $ chmod +x debian/rules $ touch debian/control $ dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -tc dpkg-buildpackage: export CFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2 dpkg-buildpackage: export CPPFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): dpkg-buildpackage: export CXXFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2 dpkg-buildpackage: export FFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2 dpkg-buildpackage: export LDFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): dpkg-buildpackage: source package test dpkg-buildpackage: source version 1.0 dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by Niels Thykier <[email protected]> dpkg-source --before-build test dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture i386 Use of uninitialized value $sourcepackage in sprintf at /usr/bin/dpkg-source line 290. fakeroot debian/rules clean dh clean dh: No packages to build. dpkg-source -b test Use of uninitialized value $sourcepackage in sprintf at /usr/bin/dpkg-source line 290. dpkg-source: warning: no source format specified in debian/source/format, see dpkg-source(1) dpkg-source: warning: source directory 'test' is not <sourcepackage>-<upstreamversion> 'test-1.0' dpkg-source: info: using source format `1.0' dpkg-source: info: building test in test_1.0.tar.gz dpkg-source: warning: missing information for output field Maintainer dpkg-source: warning: missing information for output field Standards-Version dpkg-source: info: building test in test_1.0.dsc debian/rules build dh build dh: No packages to build. fakeroot debian/rules binary dh binary dh: No packages to build. dpkg-genchanges >../test_1.0_i386.changes dpkg-genchanges: error: cannot read files list file: No such file or directory dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-genchanges gave error exit status 2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

