Source: perl Version: 5.24.1~rc4-1 Severity: normal (Let me try this again with the proper pseudo-header.)
>From my pbuilder build log, with DEB_BUILD_PROFILES=nocheck DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck: ... # strip find debian/build/*/usr/bin debian/build/*/usr/lib -type f \ \( -name \*.so\* -o -name \*.a -o -perm /111 \) -print | \ grep -v ^debian/build/perl-debug/ | \ while read f; \ do \ type=`file $f`; \ extra=; \ case "$type" in \ *ELF*shared\ object*) \ extra=--strip-unneeded;; \ esac; \ case "$type" in \ *ELF*) \ path=/${f#debian/build/*/}; \ dir=${path%/*}; \ test -d debian/build/perl-debug/usr/lib/debug$dir || mkdir -p debian/build/perl-debug/usr/lib/debug$dir; \ # stash debugging symbols \ x86_64-linux-gnu-objcopy --only-keep-debug $f debian/build/perl-debug/usr/lib/debug$path; \ # strip \ x86_64-linux-gnu-strip --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note \ $extra $f; \ # add debuglink \ x86_64-linux-gnu-objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=debian/build/perl-debug/usr/lib/debug$path $f; \ esac; \ done /bin/bash: line 5: file: command not found /bin/bash: line 5: file: command not found 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found /bin/bash: line 5: file: command not found /bin/bash: line 5: file: command not found /bin/bash: line 5: file: command not found /bin/bash: line 5: file: command not found /bin/bash: line 5: file: command not found /bin/bash: line 5: file: command not found /bin/bash: line 5: file: command not found /bin/bash: line 5: file: command not found # versioned hardlink for the detached debug symbols ln debian/build/perl-debug/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/perl \ debian/build/perl-debug/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/perl5.24.1 ln: failed to access 'debian/build/perl-debug/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/perl': No such file or directory debian/rules:185: recipe for target 'install-stamp' failed make: *** [install-stamp] Error 1 dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2 So, it looks like file is still needed even in the nocheck build profile, contrary to the source package's declaration of Build-Depends: file <!nocheck> . -- Daniel Schepler