Package: src:witty Version: 3.3.4+dfsg-6 User: sanv...@debian.org Usertags: binary-indep Severity: important
Dear maintainer: I tried to build this package with "dpkg-buildpackage -A" (i.e. only architecture-independent packages), and it failed: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [...] fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_clean -k dh_clean: dh_clean -k is deprecated; use dh_prep instead dh_installdirs # Commands to install the package into debian/tmp [ ... snipped ... ] patch -p1 -d debian/tmp/usr/lib/Wt < debian/patches/07_tests_cmake_dependencies.dpatch patching file test/CMakeLists.txt rm /<<BUILDDIR>>/witty-3.3.4+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/lib/Wt/examples/wtwithqt/LICENSE rm /<<BUILDDIR>>/witty-3.3.4+dfsg/debian/tmp/usr/lib/Wt/examples/wtwithqt/lib/LICENSE dpkg-genchanges -A >../witty_3.3.4+dfsg-6_all.changes dpkg-genchanges: error: binary build with no binary artifacts found; cannot distribute dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-genchanges gave error exit status 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This usually happens because there is a binary-indep target in debian/rules which is either empty or does not do anything useful. If all the arch-independent packages are dummy transitional packages released with jessie, the easy fix is to drop them now. If not, debian/rules should be modified so that the binary-indep target generates the architecture independent packages (and only those). After checking that both "dpkg-buildpackage -A" and "dpkg-buildpackage -B" work properly, this package will be suitable to be uploaded in source-only form if you wish (I recommend that you try it). Thanks.
