Package: libxxf86misc Version: 1:1.0.1-3 Severity: wishlist Usertags: 3.0-quilt-by-default
To prepare a possible switch to the new source package format "3.0 (quilt)" [1], I converted all source packages and rebuilt the packages afterwards to see what breaks, and libxxf86misc does break. To reproduce the problem you can do this: $ apt-get source libxxf86misc $ mkdir -p libxxf86misc-1.0.1/debian/source $ echo "3.0 (quilt)" >libxxf86misc-1.0.1/debian/source/format $ dpkg-source -b libxxf86misc-1.0.1 $ dpkg-source -x libxxf86misc_1.0.1-3.dsc $ cd libxxf86misc-1.0.1 && debuild -us -uc In this process, if the .diff.gz contains changes to upstream files, dpkg-source will have created a corresponding patch in debian/patches/debian-changes-1:1.0.1-3 and will have registered that patch in a quilt series (debian/patches/series, it is created if needed). All the patches listed in the "series" file are applied directly during the extraction (dpkg-source -x). quilt itself is used if available (and will thus lead to the creation of the .pc directory), otherwise dpkg-source applies the patches by itself. For more information about the new source package format see the manual page dpkg-source(1). In the case of libxxf86misc, the custom patch application code is incompatible with direct quilt usage. It fails trying to remove the expected .pc symlink because it's a real directory created during source extraction. Consider switching to xsfbs which has been updated to be compatible already (see discussion starting at http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2008/05/msg01250.html). Cheers, [1] http://wiki.debian.org/Projects/DebSrc3.0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
