Package: knews Version: 1.0b.1-4 Severity: Serious I just tried to recompile knews for m68k, but it failed with:
> /usr/bin/sudo debian/rules clean DEB_BUILD_ARCH=m68k DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU=m68k > DEB_BUILD_GNU_SYSTEM=linux DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE=m68k-linux DEB_HOST_ARCH=m68k > DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU=m68k DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM=linux DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE=m68k-linux > debian/yada rebuild rules > make: execvp: debian/yada: Permission denied > make: *** [debian/rules] Error 127 Since debian/yada is a new file introduced by the Debian patch, its permissions are not preserved in the Debian source format. (File modes cannot be represented in a patch.) So the file is *not* executable after unpacking the source with dpkg-source -x. As a solution, either call the script with the interpreter directly named, e.g. /bin/sh debian/yada or make it executable before calling it: chmod +x debian/yada ./debian/yada Since this is a "cannot build from source" type bug, it is to be considered serious. (See Debian developer's reference.) A complete build log can be found at http://m68k.debian.org/buildd/logs/knews_1.0b.1-4_20010322-0158
