Hi! On Wed, 2013-10-16 at 13:51:40 +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Package: dpkg-dev > Version: 1.16.12 > Severity: minor
> 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 […] > 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. Indeed, not very helpful, I'll fix that. Thanks, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
