Package: xxgdb Version: 1.12-9.3 Severity: serious xxgdb doesn't compile on potato because it uses a private dh_installxaw script instead of the standard script supplied by debhelper.
$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot ... dh_installmenu DH_AUTOSCRIPTDIR=debian perl debian/dh_installxaw Can't locate Dh_Lib.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5 . debian /usr/lib/debhelper) at debian/dh_installxaw line 12. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at debian/dh_installxaw line 12. make: *** [binary-arch] Error 2 $ dpkg -l xxgdb debhelper Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==========-==========-===================================================== ii xxgdb 1.12-9.3 A X front-end to the GNU debugger gdb ii debhelper 2.0.86 helper programs for debian/rules The bug is fixed by replacing the above line with a simple "dh_installxaw" which is provided by debhelper (>= 2.0.86) distributed in potato. -- Massimo Dal Zotto +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Massimo Dal Zotto email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Via Marconi, 141 phone: ++39-0461534251 | | 38057 Pergine Valsugana (TN) www: http://www.cs.unitn.it/~dz/ | | Italy pgp: see my www home page | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
