On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 04:35:28PM +0200, Javier Fdz-Sanguino Pen~a wrote: > Anybody knows why dpkg-buildpackage jumps with a: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/hello/hello-1.3# dpkg-buildpackage > no utmp entry available, using value of LOGNAME ("root") at > /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 16. > parsechangelog/debian: error: unable to open substvars file > debian/substvars: No existe el fichero o el directorio > dpkg-buildpackage: cannot determine name of current package > > I may have missed some policy modifications, but I am surprised to see > that hello (hamm's) doesn't work with dpkg-dev. > It seems dpkb-buildpacakge tries to find debian/substvars and it dies when > it doesn't, I though this file was optional. > > Suggestions? Comments??
It's a known bug in dpkg-buildpackage. You are using the es_ES locale, and some script run from dpkg-buildpackage (parsechangelog, IIRC) doesn't like that. The error message is bogus. Try running dpkg-buildpackage as: LANG=C dpkg-buildpackage -- Enrique Zanardi [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]