On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 20:59:02 +0000 Colin Watson <[email protected]> wrote:
Package: dh-exec Version: 0.30 Severity: normalIn https://salsa.debian.org/ssh-team/openssh/-/commit/53462c50b25a298bea74e0c470538495b6f7db52, I removed a workaround for https://bugs.debian.org/1017023. This caused failures in Salsa CI, but only with "sbuild --arch-any --no-arch-all". The failure can be seen in https://salsa.debian.org/ssh-team/openssh/-/jobs/8675672, and looks like this:dh_missing -a dh_missing: warning: etc/ssh/sshd_config exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere (related file: "debian/tmp/dh-exec.ZmmIpkD4/usr/share/openssh/sshd_config") dh_missing: error: missing files, aborting While detecting missing files, dh_missing noted some files with a similar name to those that were missing. This error /might/ be resolved by replacing references to the missing files with the similarly named ones that dh_missing found - assuming the content is identical. As an example, you might want to replace: * debian/tmp/dh-exec.ZmmIpkD4/usr/share/openssh/sshd_config with: * etc/ssh/sshd_config in a file in debian/ or as argument to one of the dh_* tools called from debian/rules. [...] Thanks, -- Colin Watson (he/him) [[email protected]] [...]
Hi,I believe the use of `debian/tmp/dh-exec.XXXXXXX` originated before `debhelper` introduced its `debian/.debhelper` folder and therefore `debian/tmp` was the "only" safe place for `dh-exec` to place temporary files for them to be cleaned up later.
However, since we have `debian/.debhelper` now, I believe it would be completely safe for `dh-exec` to use `debian/.debhelper/_dh-exec/...` (to namespace its files and to ensure it does not clash with anything `debhelper` would use for `dh-exec` itself).
I am unsure if it will fully fix the problem here or only hide cosmetic problem of showing the `dh-exec.XXXXXXX` tmpfile. Nevertheless, it might be worth a shot. If nothing else, it would also side step the problem in #993762 - although #993762 seems like a missing barrier.
Best regards, Niels
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