On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 09:45:21AM -0700, Shaun Jackman wrote: > I don't understand what has failed here. If the Makefile does not > exist, no problem. If the Makefile does exist, there is a distclean > target. What's the issue?
on a freshly downloaded and unpacked source, there is a Makefile without a distclean target. Which the gets overwritten by ./configure later... > Cheers, > Shaun > > On Nov 14, 2007 7:57 AM, Riku Voipio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Package: lcab > > Version: 1.0b12-1 > > Severity: serious > > > > Sigh. The lintian warning "debian-rules-ignores-make-clean-error" > > must be the worst source of waste-of-time FTBFS bugs this year... > > Same error on amd64, ia64, s390 and sparc buildds. > > > > > dpkg-buildpackage: source package lcab > > > dpkg-buildpackage: source version 1.0b12-1 > > > dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture armel > > > /usr/bin/fakeroot debian/rules clean > > > rm -f build-stamp > > > dh_clean > > > [ ! -f Makefile ] || /usr/bin/make distclean > > > make[1]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/lcab-1.0b12' > > > make[1]: *** No rule to make target `distclean'. Stop. > > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/lcab-1.0b12' > > > make: *** [clean] Error 2 > > > dpkg-buildpackage: failure: /usr/bin/fakeroot debian/rules clean gave > > > error exit status 2 -- "rm -rf" only sounds scary if you don't have backups -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]