And on Trusty, with a slightly modified package (editing out the debhelper version dependency by hand), I get
Writing /<<BUILDDIR>>/rpm-4.14.1+dfsg1/python/debian/tmp/usr/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/rpm-4.14.1.egg-info # Kill all the junk this installs. rm -f debian/tmp/usr/lib/rpm/config.guess \ debian/tmp/usr/lib/rpm/config.sub \ debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/*.la \ debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/rpm-plugins/*.la \ debian/tmp/usr/lib/rpm/rpm.log # Fix permissions chmod +x debian/tmp/usr/lib/rpm/rpm.daily make[1]: Leaving directory `/<<BUILDDIR>>/rpm-4.14.1+dfsg1' dh_install -a -O--fail-missing cp: cannot stat ‘debian/tmp/usr/lib/rpm/debugedit’: No such file or directory dh_install: cp -a debian/tmp/usr/lib/rpm/debugedit debian/debugedit//usr/lib/rpm/ returned exit code 1 make: *** [binary-arch] Error 2 dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary-arch gave error exit status 2 See https://launchpadlibrarian.net/395167969/buildlog_ubuntu-trusty-amd64.rpm_4.14.1+dfsg1-4.1~trusty~ppa5_BUILDING.txt.gz for the full log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800411 Title: rpm source package does not build To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rpm/+bug/1800411/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs