This problem still occurs with the 24.5+1-1 package currently in unstable. Trying to build it on Ubuntu Trusty, I get:
debian/patch-to-news: line 9: 0001-Prefer-usr-share-info-emacs-24-over-usr-share-info.patch: No such file or directory debian/patch-to-news: line 9: 0002-Run-debian-startup-and-set-debian-emacs-flavor.patch: No such file or directory debian/patch-to-news: line 9: 0003-Remove-files-that-appear-to-be-incompatible-with-the.patch: No such file or directory debian/patch-to-news: line 9: 0004-Adjust-documentation-references-for-Debian.patch: No such file or directory debian/patch-to-news: line 9: 0005-Modify-the-output-of-version-to-indicate-Debian-modi.patch: No such file or directory debian/patch-to-news: line 9: 0006-Look-for-NEWS-in-order-to-find-etc-rather-than-GNU.patch: No such file or directory debian/patch-to-news: line 9: 0007-Don-t-try-to-build-src-macuvs.h-via-IVD_Sequences.tx.patch: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [debian/emacs24-common.README.Debian] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/me/tmp/emacs/emacs24-24.5+1' make: *** [binary] Error 2 dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org