Package: python2.6 Version: 2.6.6-8+b1 * The exact and complete text of any error messages printed or logged. This is very important!
<...output produced by sudo DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="nostrip noopt" debuild -us -uc -b ...> debian/python2.6-dev/usr/lib/libpython2.6.a debian/tmp-dbg/usr/lib/libpython2.6_d.a rm -f debian/python2.6/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so rm -f debian/python2.6/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/gdbm.so dh_strip -a -Npython2.6-dbg -Xdebug -Xdbg --dbg-package=python2.6-dbg cp Tools/gdb/libpython.py debian/python2.6-dbg/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/python2.6-gdb.py cp: cannot create regular file `debian/python2.6-dbg/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/python2.6-gdb.py': No such file or directory make: *** [binary-arch] Error 1 dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2 debuild: fatal error at line 1325: dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -D -us -uc -b failed * Exactly what you typed or did to demonstrate the problem. 555 apt-get install build-essential devscripts 556 sudo apt-get source python2.6 557 dpkg-source -x python2.6_2.6.6-8.dsc 558 ls 559 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="nostrip noopt" fakeroot debian/rules binary 560 ls 561 cd python2.6-2.6.6/ 562 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="nostrip noopt" fakeroot debian/rules binary 563 ls -lh 564 sudo DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="nostrip noopt" fakeroot debian/rules binary 565 ls 566 ls Tools/ 567 ls Tools/gdb/ 568 ls debian/python2.6-dbg/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/ 569 ls debian/python2.6-dbg/usr/lib/debug/ 570 ls debian/python2.6-dbg/ 571 ls debian/python2.6-dbg/usr/ 572 ls debian/python2.6-dbg/usr/lib/ 573 ls debian/python2.6-dbg/usr/lib/python2.6/ 574 ls 575 less R 576 less README 577 ls .. 578 sudo DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="nostrip noopt" fakeroot debian/rules binary 579 ls Tools/gdb/ 580 ls debian/python2.6-dbg/usr/lib/ 581* ls -lh debian/python2.6-dbg/usr/lib/ 582 sudo DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="nostrip noopt" debuild -us -uc -b * A description of the incorrect behavior: In line 947 of debian/rules: cp Tools/gdb/libpython.py $(d_dbg)/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/$(PVER)-gdb.py cp is asked to copy the file libpython.py to a directory that does not exist. As you can see in my abbreviated history above (see 572), debian/usr/lib/ exists, but debian/usr/lib/debug does not. Not sure why this is. The rules makefile should be patched to test for the existence of the directory that is the second argument to cp in line 947. I have attached a patch file, created via $diff -u build/python2.6-2.6.6/debian/rules rules.fixed > test_dir_exists.patch Below is a lot of requested detail about my development environment: kernel version: Linux frodo 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 14 09:42:28 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux libc6 version: 2.11.2-10 Below I've attached the info returned by reportbug: kfounk@frodo:~$ reportbug -q --template -T none -s none -S normal -b --list-cc none -q python2.6 *** Welcome to reportbug. Use ? for help at prompts. *** Detected character set: UTF-8 Please change your locale if this is incorrect. Using 'Lee Zamparo <zamp...@gmail.com>' as your from address. Getting status for python2.6... Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release). Maintainer for python2.6 is 'Matthias Klose <d...@debian.org>'. Looking up dependencies of python2.6... Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Lee Zamparo <zamp...@gmail.com> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org> Subject: none X-Debbugs-Cc: zamp...@gmail.com, none Package: python2.6 Version: 2.6.6-8+b1 Severity: normal -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.2 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages python2.6 depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdb4.8 4.8.30-2 Berkeley v4.8 Database Libraries [ ii libexpat1 2.0.1-7 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii libncursesw5 5.7+20100313-5 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libreadline6 6.1-3 GNU readline and history libraries ii libsqlite3-0 3.7.3-1 SQLite 3 shared library ii mime-support 3.48-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap ii python2.6-minimal 2.6.6-8+b1 A minimal subset of the Python lan python2.6 recommends no packages. Versions of packages python2.6 suggests: ii binutils 2.20.1-16 The GNU assembler, linker and bina pn python2.6-doc <none> (no description available) pn python2.6-profiler <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information If you want to provide additional information, please wait to receive the bug tracking number via email; you may then send any extra information to n...@bugs.debian.org (e.g. 999...@bugs.debian.org), where n is the bug number. Normally you will receive an acknowledgement via email including the bug report number within an hour; if you haven't received a confirmation, then the bug reporting process failed at some point (reportbug or MTA failure, BTS maintenance, etc.).
--- build/python2.6-2.6.6/debian/rules 2011-08-31 18:07:29.000000000 -0400 +++ rules.fixed 2011-09-01 17:54:42.000000000 -0400 @@ -944,6 +944,17 @@ rm -f $(d_base)/$(scriptdir)/lib-dynload/gdbm.so endif dh_strip -a -N$(p_dbg) -Xdebug -Xdbg --dbg-package=$(p_dbg) + + if which localedef >/dev/null 2>&1; then \ + sh debian/locale-gen; \ + fi + + + if [ -d $(d_dbg)/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/ ]; then \ + echo "$(d_dbg)/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/ exists"; \ + else \ + mkdir -p $(d_dbg)/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/; \ + fi cp Tools/gdb/libpython.py $(d_dbg)/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/$(PVER)-gdb.py ln -sf $(PVER)-gdb.py $(d_dbg)/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/$(PVER)-dbg-gdb.py ln -sf ../bin/$(PVER)-gdb.py \
