Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.16.12
Severity: minor
Dear dpkg devs,
dpkg-genchanges gives a rather unhelpful error message if a package is
attempted to be built on a non-supported arch. See what happens when I want to
build zsnes, which is Architecture: any-i386, on amd64:
$ LANG=C debuild -d -us -uc
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -d -us -uc
dpkg-buildpackage: source package zsnes
dpkg-buildpackage: source version 1.510+bz2-6
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by Etienne Millon
<etienne.mil...@gmail.com>
dpkg-source --before-build zsnes-1.510+bz2
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture amd64
fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh clean --sourcedirectory=src --with autoreconf
dh: No packages to build.
dpkg-source -b zsnes-1.510+bz2
dpkg-source: info: using source format `3.0 (quilt)'
dpkg-source: info: building zsnes using existing
../zsnes_1.510+bz2.orig.tar.bz2
dpkg-source: info: building zsnes in zsnes_1.510+bz2-6.debian.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: building zsnes in zsnes_1.510+bz2-6.dsc
debian/rules build
dh build --sourcedirectory=src --with autoreconf
dh: No packages to build.
fakeroot debian/rules binary
dh binary --sourcedirectory=src --with autoreconf
dh: No packages to build.
dpkg-genchanges >../zsnes_1.510+bz2-6_amd64.changes
dpkg-genchanges: error: cannot read files list file: No such file or
directory
dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-genchanges gave error exit status 2
debuild: fatal error at line 1361:
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -d -us -uc failed
All it tells me is
error: cannot read files list file: No such file or directory
and I wouldn't even know that this means it is complaining about a missing
debian/files file if I hadn't had a look at dpkg-genchanges' source code.
However, the missing debian/files file isn't even the cause for the error, it
is just another symptom. The actual cause is that *there is no binary package
to be built on Arch: amd64* andI would appreciate if this could be stated
alongside the initial error message in plain language.
Thank you!
- Fabian
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (990, 'stable'), (900, 'unstable'), (700,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.10-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on:
ii base-files 7.2
ii binutils 2.23.90.20130927-1
ii bzip2 1.0.6-5
ii libdpkg-perl 1.16.12
ii make 3.81-8.2
ii patch 2.7.1-3
ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2
Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends:
ii build-essential 11.6
ii clang-3.3 [c-compiler] 1:3.3-9
ii fakeroot 1.18.4-2
ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.8.1-3
ii gcc-4.6 [c-compiler] 4.6.4-4
ii gcc-4.7 [c-compiler] 4.7.3-4
ii gcc-4.8 [c-compiler] 4.8.1-10
ii gnupg 1.4.15-1
ii gpgv 1.4.15-1
ii libalgorithm-merge-perl 0.08-2
Versions of packages dpkg-dev suggests:
ii debian-keyring 2013.07.31
-- no debconf information
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