Also, it seems impossible to rebuild the backport from source: [1060]anarcat@angela:dist$ sudo DIST=jessie ARCH=amd64 cowbuilder --build linux_4.5.4-1~bpo8+1.dsc -> Copying COW directory forking: rm -rf /var/cache/pbuilder/build//cow.9542 forking: cp -al /var/cache/pbuilder/base-jessie-amd64.cow/ /var/cache/pbuilder/build//cow.9542 I: removed stale ilistfile /var/cache/pbuilder/build//cow.9542/.ilist forking: chroot /var/cache/pbuilder/build//cow.9542 cowdancer-ilistcreate /.ilist find . -xdev -path ./home -prune -o \( \( -type l -o -type f \) -a -links +1 -print0 \) | xargs -0 stat --format '%d %i ' -> Invoking pbuilder forking: pbuilder build --buildplace /var/cache/pbuilder/build//cow.9542 --buildresult /var/cache/pbuilder/jessie-amd64/result/ --debbuildopts --no-targz --internal-chrootexec chroot /var/cache/pbuilder/build//cow.9542 cow-shell /home/anarcat/dist/linux_4.5.4-1~bpo8+1.dsc W: /root/.pbuilderrc does not exist I: Running in no-targz mode I: using fakeroot in build. I: pbuilder: network access will be disabled during build I: Current time: Tue May 31 16:05:41 EDT 2016 I: pbuilder-time-stamp: 1464725141 I: copying local configuration I: mounting /proc filesystem I: mounting /run/shm filesystem I: mounting /dev/pts filesystem I: Mounting /var/cache/archive I: policy-rc.d already exists I: Obtaining the cached apt archive contents I: Installing the build-deps -> Attempting to satisfy build-dependencies -> Creating pbuilder-satisfydepends-dummy package Package: pbuilder-satisfydepends-dummy Version: 0.invalid.0 Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: Debian Pbuilder Team <pbuilder-ma...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Description: Dummy package to satisfy dependencies with aptitude - created by pbuilder This package was created automatically by pbuilder to satisfy the build-dependencies of the package being currently built. Depends: debhelper, python3:any, quilt, cpio <!stage1>, xz-utils <!stage1>, kernel-wedge (>= 2.93~)<!stage1>, kmod <!stage1>, bc <!stage1>, libssl-dev <!stage1>, openssl <!stage1>, asciidoc <!stage1 !nodoc !pkg.linux.notools>, xmlto <!stage1 !nodoc !pkg.linux.notools>, bison <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, flex <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, gcc-multilib <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, libaudit-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, libdw-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, libelf-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, libiberty-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, libnewt-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, libnuma-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, libperl-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, libunwind8-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, python-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, autoconf <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, automake <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, libtool <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, libglib2.0-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, libudev-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, libwrap0-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, libpci-dev <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, dh-python <!stage1>, dh-systemd <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools>, gcc-4.9, patchutils <!stage1>, xmlto <!stage1 !nodoc> dpkg-deb: error: parsing file '/tmp/satisfydepends-aptitude/pbuilder-satisfydepends-dummy/DEBIAN/control' near line 8 package 'pbuilder-satisfydepends-dummy': `Depends' field, syntax error after reference to package `cpio' E: pbuilder-satisfydepends failed. I: Copying back the cached apt archive contents I: unmounting /var/cache/archive filesystem I: unmounting dev/pts filesystem I: unmounting run/shm filesystem I: unmounting proc filesystem -> Cleaning COW directory forking: rm -rf /var/cache/pbuilder/build//cow.9542
with dpkg-buildpackage, it's a little better, but the dependency for kernel-wedge is off too. a. -- Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken! - Oscar Wilde