Package: src:openssh Version: 1:6.9p1-2 User: sanv...@debian.org Usertags: binary-indep Severity: important
Dear maintainer: I tried to build this package with "dpkg-buildpackage -A" (i.e. only architecture-independent packages), and it failed: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [...] fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep dh binary-indep --with=autoreconf,systemd dh_testroot -i dh_prep -i debian/rules override_dh_auto_install make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' /usr/bin/make -C build-deb DESTDIR=`pwd`/debian/tmp install-nokeys make[2]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/build-deb' (cd openbsd-compat && /usr/bin/make) make[3]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/build-deb/openbsd-compat' make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all'. make[3]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/build-deb/openbsd-compat' ../mkinstalldirs /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/bin mkdir /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp mkdir /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr mkdir /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/bin ../mkinstalldirs /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/sbin mkdir /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/sbin ../mkinstalldirs /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/share/man mkdir /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/share mkdir /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/share/man ../mkinstalldirs /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man1 [... snipped ...] # Remove version control tags to avoid unnecessary conffile # resolution steps for administrators. sed -i '/\$OpenBSD:/d' \ debian/openssh-client/etc/ssh/moduli \ debian/openssh-client/etc/ssh/ssh_config sed: can't read debian/openssh-client/etc/ssh/moduli: No such file or directory sed: can't read debian/openssh-client/etc/ssh/ssh_config: No such file or directory debian/rules:177: recipe for target 'override_dh_install' failed make[1]: *** [override_dh_install] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' debian/rules:124: recipe for target 'binary-indep' failed make: *** [binary-indep] Error 2 dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep gave error exit status 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry not to have a fix, as I am reporting many bugs similar to this one, but I can give some general hints: * If all the arch-independent packages are dummy transitional packages released with jessie, the easy fix is to drop them now. * If not, debian/rules should be modified so that the binary-indep target works in all cases, even when binary-arch is not used (this is what the "Architecture: all" autobuilder does). For that: * If you are using debhelper, you might want to use options -a and -i for dh_* commands so that they do not act on packages they do not have to act. * Also, if you are using dh, the (independently) optional targets override_dh_foo-arch and override_dh_foo-indep (for several values of "foo") may be useful to write a debian/rules which behaves exactly as desired. After checking that both "dpkg-buildpackage -A" and "dpkg-buildpackage -B" work properly, this package will be suitable to be uploaded in source-only form if you wish (you might want to try it). Thanks.