Source: erlang Version: 1:20.3.6+dfsg-1 Dear Maintainer,
The packaging repository https://salsa.debian.org/erlang-team/packages/erlang.git appears to be missing the empty ebin/ directories that are required for a build to succeed. The release tarball: $ tar -xvf erlang_20.3.6+dfsg.orig.tar.xz $ find otp-OTP-20.3.6 | grep /ebin$ | wc -l 148 The package repo: # find . | grep /ebin$ | wc -l 96 A build failure when building from the packaging repository: cd lib && \ ERL_TOP=/<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg PATH=/<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg/bootstrap/bin:"${PATH}" \ make opt SECONDARY_BOOTSTRAP=true make[2]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg/lib' make[3]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg/lib/hipe' Makefile:72: warning: overriding recipe for target 'clean' /<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg/make/otp_subdir.mk:29: warning: ignoring old recipe for target 'clean' === Entering application hipe make[4]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg/lib/hipe/misc' erlc -W +debug_info -Werror +warn_export_vars +warn_missing_spec +warn_untyped_record -o../ebin hipe_consttab.erl erlc -W +debug_info -Werror +warn_export_vars +warn_missing_spec +warn_untyped_record -o../ebin hipe_gensym.erl /<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg/lib/hipe/misc/../ebin/hipe_gensym.bea#: error writing file: no such file or directory /<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg/make/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/otp.mk:123: recipe for target '../ebin/hipe_gensym.beam' failed make[4]: *** [../ebin/hipe_gensym.beam] Error 1 make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... /<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg/lib/hipe/misc/../ebin/hipe_consttab.bea#: error writing file: no such file or directory /<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg/make/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/otp.mk:123: recipe for target '../ebin/hipe_consttab.beam' failed make[4]: *** [../ebin/hipe_consttab.beam] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg/lib/hipe/misc' /<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg/make/otp_subdir.mk:29: recipe for target 'opt' failed make[3]: *** [opt] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg/lib/hipe' /<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg/make/otp_subdir.mk:29: recipe for target 'opt' failed make[2]: *** [opt] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg/lib' Makefile:557: recipe for target 'secondary_bootstrap_build' failed make[1]: *** [secondary_bootstrap_build] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/erlang-20.3.6+dfsg' debian/rules:329: recipe for target 'build-stnd-stamp' failed make: *** [build-stnd-stamp] Error 2 Best, Ivan