Package: src:libsyncml Version: 0.5.4-2.2 User: [email protected] Usertags: binary-indep Severity: important
Dear maintainer: I tried to build this package with "dpkg-buildpackage -A" (i.e. only architecture-independent packages), and it failed: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [...] fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_prep dh_installdirs /usr/bin/make -C /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/build install DESTDIR=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp [ ... snipped ... ] -- Installing: /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/bin/syncml-ds-tool make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/build' dh_install --sourcedir=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp dpkg-genchanges -A >../libsyncml_0.5.4-2.2_all.changes dpkg-genchanges: error: binary build with no binary artifacts found; cannot distribute dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-genchanges gave error exit status 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This usually happens because there is a binary-indep target in debian/rules which is either empty or does not do anything useful. If all the arch-independent packages are dummy transitional packages released with jessie, the easy fix is to drop them now. If not, debian/rules should be modified so that the binary-indep target generates the architecture independent packages (and only those). After checking that both "dpkg-buildpackage -A" and "dpkg-buildpackage -B" work properly, this package will be suitable to be uploaded in source-only form if you wish (I recommend that you try it). Thanks.
