On Mon, 25 Jul 2016, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> The error you get is a testsuite failure. It outputs this to
> stderr:
> ERROR: ld.so: object 'libfakeroot-sysv.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be
> preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
>
> And then the testsuite fails because it wasn't expecting any
> output on stderr.
>
> Anyway, this seems like a setup problem, not a problem with the
> package, and cleary unrelated to using -A.
Well, it only happens when using -A, so it's clearly related.
I already explained the reason: Because of the way debian/rules is
written, the test suite runs as root when built with "dpkg-buildpackage -A".
Then it fails because there is some sort of conflict with fakeroot.
But this is a bug in debian/rules for running the test suite as root,
not a setup problem.
If you do not believe that the test suite runs as root when built
with "dpkg-buildpackage -A", try this simple patch:
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ build-stamp: config-stamp
ifeq ($(make_check), yes)
# Now make sure it works
+ echo I am `whoami`
+ false
-$(MAKE) check || touch tests-failed
-cat test-suite.log
-cat tests/testsuite.log
and then try "dpkg-buildpackage -A".
You will see "I am root".
