Another and less intrusive idea to solve the problem for now: I simply picked the qx_cmd() function in Dh_Lib.pm as it looked like before the interruptive commit mentioned above, and pasted it into the dh_translations file (and renamed it to qx_meson_cmd). See attached diff.
Tested successfully with a couple of packages, including gnome-control- center. ** Patch added: "dh_translations.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debhelper/+bug/2002845/+attachment/5641350/+files/dh_translations.diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2002845 Title: debhelper 13.11.4ubuntu1 broke dh-translations Status in debhelper package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in gnome-text-editor package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in pkgbinarymangler package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Today's debhelper 13.11.4ubuntu1 merge broke dh-translations. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-text-editor/43.2-1ubuntu1 gnome-text-editor build log excerpt ----------------------------------- dh_translations Can't exec "meson introspect '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu' --targets | jq -r -M '.[].name | select(endswith("-pot")) | sub("-pot"; "")'": No such file or directory at /usr/share/perl5/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm line 518. dh_translations: error: exec (for cmd: "meson introspect '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu' --targets | jq -r -M '.[].name | select(endswith(\"-pot\")) | sub(\"-pot\"; \"\")'") failed: No such file or directory dh_translations: error: "meson introspect '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu' --targets | jq -r -M '.[].name | select(endswith(\"-pot\")) | sub(\"-pot\"; \"\")'" returned exit code 25 Other Info ---------- Gunnar identified the bad commit as https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debhelper/-/commit/62a8608 https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/debhelper/+packages https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/P8qM2sHn9C/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debhelper/+bug/2002845/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp