FWIW, the following patch allows my .udeb package to build all the way:
--- /usr/bin/dpkg-genchanges Tue Jun 20 08:16:28 2000
+++ dpkg-genchanges Thu Oct 26 15:52:42 2000
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@
if (!defined($p2f{$p})) {
if ($a eq 'any' || ($a eq 'all' && !$archspecific) ||
grep($_ eq $substvar{'Arch'}, split(/\s+/, $a))) {
- &error("package $p in control file but not in files list");
+ &warn("package $p in control file but not in files list");
+ next;
}
} else {
$p2arch{$p}=$a;-- see shy jo
