Reading this bug, it seems like an SRU for precise would make more sense
than an entire backport of the package, since this is a one-line change.
** Also affects: gnome-pkg-tools (Ubuntu Precise)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: gnome-pkg-tools (Ubuntu Precise)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: gnome-pkg-tools (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/953392
Title:
File /usr/share/gnome-pkg-tools/control.header contains one blank line
to much at the end - Please remove it
Status in “gnome-pkg-tools” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “gnome-pkg-tools” source package in Precise:
Confirmed
Status in “gnome-pkg-tools” package in Debian:
New
Bug description:
Hi everyone,
I've noticed that the file /usr/share/gnome-pkg-tools/control.header
contains one blank line to much at the end of the file. Please remove
it because it produces non standard control files.
Example from the package mutter:
File debian/control.in:
-------------------------------------------------
Source: mutter
Section: x11
....
-------------------------------------------------
File debian/control:
-------------------------------------------------
# This file is autogenerated. DO NOT EDIT!
#
# Modifications should be made to debian/control.in instead.
# This file is regenerated automatically in the clean target.
Source: mutter
Section: x11
...
-------------------------------------------------
This extra blank line causes issues with tools like pbuilder
(automatic installation of build dependencies doesn't work). Because
of the blank line the Source paragraph is no longer the first
paragraph in the file. The first paragraph then only consists of
comments and thus pbuilder-satisfydepends can't determine the build
dependencies which yields a build failure because of missing build
dependencies...
References:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-sourcecontrolfiles
Quote: "The first paragraph of the control file contains information about
the source package in general. The subsequent sets each describe a binary
package that the source tree builds."
https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/151535
Quote: "The problem is the blank line in your debian/control file separating
the commented out block and the initial "Source: gnome-orca" paragraph. A very
strict reading of the Debian Policy Manual says this is invalid: you have an
empty initial paragraph, and the Source paragraph as the second paragraph. Some
tools may be more tolerant and skip the initial empty paragraph, however
pbuilder-satisfydepends does not."
Please fix this little issue asap because it blocks automatic builds with
pbuilder for certain Gnome packages.
This issue is present in all package versions from Lucid up to Precise.
Please also note that not all editors show the additional blank line. You could
use a hex editor to get rid of the last 0a in the file.
$ xxd /usr/share/gnome-pkg-tools/control.header
...
00000a0: 2074 6172 6765 742e 0a0a target...
Best,
Michael
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