It turns out not to be very hard to coerce it back to a buildable state with ruby1.8. NMU diff attached. Uploading since it's an RC bug over a month old with no maintainer response.
Scott K
diff -u merb-1.0.12+dfsg/debian/changelog merb-1.0.12+dfsg/debian/changelog --- merb-1.0.12+dfsg/debian/changelog +++ merb-1.0.12+dfsg/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +merb (1.0.12+dfsg-4.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Switch all 22 (maybe it's 19, it's hard to count) instances of + /usr/bin/ruby in debian/rules to /usr/bin/ruby1.8 so that merb ruby1.8 + during the build now that ruby1.8 is no longer default (Closes: #676078) + + -- Scott Kitterman <sc...@kitterman.com> Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:15:04 -0400 + merb (1.0.12+dfsg-4) unstable; urgency=low * Add merb-param-protection package. diff -u merb-1.0.12+dfsg/debian/rules merb-1.0.12+dfsg/debian/rules --- merb-1.0.12+dfsg/debian/rules +++ merb-1.0.12+dfsg/debian/rules @@ -134,45 +134,45 @@ install/libmerb-core-ruby1.8:: $(MERB_CORE_INSTALL_SETUP_CMD) - (cd merb-core && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) config $(DEB_RUBY_CONFIG_ARGS)) - (cd merb-core && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) setup) - (cd merb-core && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) install --prefix=../debian/libmerb-core-ruby1.8) + (cd merb-core && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) config $(DEB_RUBY_CONFIG_ARGS)) + (cd merb-core && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) setup) + (cd merb-core && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) install --prefix=../debian/libmerb-core-ruby1.8) mv $(CURDIR)/debian/libmerb-core-ruby1.8/usr/bin/merb $(CURDIR)/debian/merb-core/usr/bin/ rm $(CURDIR)/debian/libmerb-core-ruby1.8/usr/bin/merb-specs rmdir $(CURDIR)/debian/libmerb-core-ruby1.8/usr/bin/ install/libmerb-haml-ruby1.8:: $(MERB_HAML_INSTALL_SETUP_CMD) - (cd merb-haml && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) config $(DEB_RUBY_CONFIG_ARGS)) - (cd merb-haml && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) setup) - (cd merb-haml && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) install --prefix=../debian/libmerb-haml-ruby1.8) + (cd merb-haml && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) config $(DEB_RUBY_CONFIG_ARGS)) + (cd merb-haml && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) setup) + (cd merb-haml && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) install --prefix=../debian/libmerb-haml-ruby1.8) install/libmerb-slices-ruby1.8:: $(MERB_SLICES_INSTALL_SETUP_CMD) - (cd merb-slices && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) config $(DEB_RUBY_CONFIG_ARGS)) - (cd merb-slices && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) setup) - (cd merb-slices && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) install --prefix=../debian/libmerb-slices-ruby1.8) + (cd merb-slices && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) config $(DEB_RUBY_CONFIG_ARGS)) + (cd merb-slices && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) setup) + (cd merb-slices && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) install --prefix=../debian/libmerb-slices-ruby1.8) rm $(CURDIR)/debian/libmerb-slices-ruby1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/generators/templates/common/LICENSE mv $(CURDIR)/debian/libmerb-slices-ruby1.8/usr/bin/slice $(CURDIR)/debian/merb-slices/usr/bin/merb-slice rmdir $(CURDIR)/debian/libmerb-slices-ruby1.8/usr/bin/ install/libmerb-assets-ruby1.8:: $(MERB_ASSETS_INSTALL_SETUP_CMD) - (cd merb-assets && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) config $(DEB_RUBY_CONFIG_ARGS)) - (cd merb-assets && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) setup) - (cd merb-assets && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) install --prefix=../debian/libmerb-assets-ruby1.8) + (cd merb-assets && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) config $(DEB_RUBY_CONFIG_ARGS)) + (cd merb-assets && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) setup) + (cd merb-assets && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) install --prefix=../debian/libmerb-assets-ruby1.8) install/libmerb-helpers-ruby1.8:: $(MERB_HELPERS_INSTALL_SETUP_CMD) - (cd merb-helpers && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) config $(DEB_RUBY_CONFIG_ARGS)) - (cd merb-helpers && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) setup) - (cd merb-helpers && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) install --prefix=../debian/libmerb-helpers-ruby1.8) + (cd merb-helpers && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) config $(DEB_RUBY_CONFIG_ARGS)) + (cd merb-helpers && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) setup) + (cd merb-helpers && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) install --prefix=../debian/libmerb-helpers-ruby1.8) install/libmerb-param-protection-ruby1.8:: $(MERB_PARAM_PROTECTION_INSTALL_SETUP_CMD) - (cd merb-param-protection && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) config $(DEB_RUBY_CONFIG_ARGS)) - (cd merb-param-protection && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) setup) - (cd merb-param-protection && /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) install --prefix=../debian/libmerb-param-protection-ruby1.8) + (cd merb-param-protection && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) config $(DEB_RUBY_CONFIG_ARGS)) + (cd merb-param-protection && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) setup) + (cd merb-param-protection && /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) install --prefix=../debian/libmerb-param-protection-ruby1.8) install/libmerb-ruby-doc:: rdoc --all --inline-source --fileboxes --line-numbers --fmt=html -o debian/$(cdbs_curpkg)/usr/share/doc/libmerb-ruby-doc/rdoc merb-core/lib merb-haml/lib merb-helpers/lib merb-assets/lib merb-slices/lib merb-param-protection/lib @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ $(MERB_ASSETS_INSTALL_SETUP_CMD) $(MERB_HELPERS_INSTALL_SETUP_CMD) $(MERB_PARAM_PROTECTION_INSTALL_SETUP_CMD) - /usr/bin/ruby $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) distclean + /usr/bin/ruby1.8 $(DEB_RUBY_SETUP_CMD) distclean $(DEB_RUBY_REMOVE_SETUP_CMD) $(MERB_CORE_REMOVE_SETUP_CMD) $(MERB_HAML_REMOVE_SETUP_CMD)
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