Anto <arya...@chello.at> writes: [...]
> I am trying to re-compile a package that I took from Debian sid. And I > got the following error. > > dh common-install-prehook-arch --parallel --with autotools-dev --with > autoreconf --with bash-completion > dh: Unknown sequence common-install-prehook-arch (choose from: binary > binary-arch binary-indep build build-arch build-indep clean install > install-arch install-indep) > make: *** [common-install-prehook-arch] Error 255 > dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit > status 2 Judging from information available on the web, that's a make target used by another "replace something simple written in an alien language I don't desire to learn with something horribly complicated written in a language I happen to have learned" package named CDBS[*] and it probably bothers you because of a debian/rules target looking like this: %: dh $@ This means "whatever is asked for, build it by invoking debhelper with its name as argument". 'common-install-prehook-arch' is documented as actions before anything serious is done (like installing files), for arch-dependent packages IOW, "this doesn't do anyhting". You might get by by adding a make target common-install-prehook-arch: echo "April is the cruellest month" (or any other nonsense command of your choice), however, there's a good chance that this will just get you to the next 'CDBS target defined in case someone wants to use it for something'. I've settled on "don't try to compile unstable packages on anything but sid, use the upstream sources instead" some time after the libc6 switch ... [*] Chinese Duck-Buildling System? _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng