Package: src:mercurial Version: 3.6.1-1 User: sanv...@debian.org 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [...] debian/rules build-indep dh build-indep --with python2,bash-completion dh_testdir -i dh_auto_configure -i debian/rules override_dh_auto_build make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' /usr/bin/make all make[2]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' python setup.py build running build running build_mo creating mercurial/locale [... snipped ...] fi if test -d /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/mercurial-common ; then \ /usr/bin/make -f debian/rules install-archindep ;\ fi make[2]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' # Move templates and help installed by setup.py to their FHS-correct location mv /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/mercurial-common/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/templates \ /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/mercurial-common/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/help \ /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/mercurial-common/usr/share/mercurial mv /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/mercurial-common/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/locale \ /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/mercurial-common/usr/share # If more than one Python version is supported, clean up the templates # and help installed for the other versions rm -rf /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/mercurial-common/usr/lib/python*/dist-packages/mercurial/templates \ /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/mercurial-common/usr/lib/python*/dist-packages/mercurial/help \ /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/mercurial-common/usr/lib/python*/dist-packages/mercurial/locale \ # excanvas.js is provided by libjs-excanvas rm /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/mercurial-common/usr/share/mercurial/templates/static/excanvas.js # remove arch-dependent python stuff find debian/mercurial-common/usr/lib \ -name '*.so' ! -type d -delete , \ -type d -empty -delete make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' dh_installdocs -i dh_installchangelogs -i dh_installexamples -i dh_installman -i dh_bash-completion -i debian/rules override_dh_python2 make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' dh_python2 I: dh_python2 tools:100: replacing shebang in debian/mercurial-common/usr/bin/hg-ssh find debian/mercurial/usr/share -type d -empty -delete find: `debian/mercurial/usr/share': No such file or directory debian/rules:87: recipe for target 'override_dh_python2' failed make[1]: *** [override_dh_python2] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' debian/rules:8: recipe for target 'binary-indep' failed make: *** [binary-indep] Error 2 dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep gave error exit status 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry not to have a fix, as I am reporting many bugs similar to this one. The common hints are: * If the only architecture-independent packages are dummy transitional ones and they were released with jessie, the easy fix is to drop them now. * When using "dh", it is allowed to use (independently) optional targets override_dh_foo-arch and override_dh_foo-indep (for several values of "foo"). Once that both "dpkg-buildpackage -A" and "dpkg-buildpackage -B" work properly, the package would be suitable to be uploaded in source-only form if you wish. Thanks.