Package: zfs-dkms Version: 0.7.9-3 Severity: important While there is a clear error message that package 'debhelper' is not installed, it would be better to inform user about such requirement beforehand:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ sudo dkms mkdeb -m zfs -v 0.7.9 -k 4.17.0-3-amd64 dpkg-query: package 'debhelper' is not installed and no information is available Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. Using /etc/dkms/template-dkms-mkdeb copying template... modifying debian/changelog... modifying debian/compat... modifying debian/control... modifying debian/copyright... modifying debian/dirs... modifying debian/postinst... modifying debian/prerm... modifying debian/README.Debian... modifying debian/rules... copying legacy postinstall template... Copying source tree... Gathering binaries...Marking modules for 4.17.0-3-amd64 (x86_64) for archiving... Creating tarball structure to specifically accomodate binaries. Tarball location: /var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.7.9/tarball/zfs-0.7.9.dkms.tar.gz DKMS: mktarball completed. Copying DKMS tarball into DKMS tree... Building binary package...dpkg-buildpackage: warning: using a gain-root-command while being root dpkg-source --before-build zfs-dkms-0.7.9 fakeroot debian/rules clean make: dh_testdir: Command not found make: *** [clean] Error 127 dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules clean subprocess returned exit status 2 (bad exit status: 2) Error! There was a problem creating your deb. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers stable APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (190, 'testing'), (180, 'unstable'), (170, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.17.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages zfs-dkms depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.69 ii dkms 2.6.1-1 ii lsb-release 9.20170808 ii spl-dkms 0.7.9-3 Versions of packages zfs-dkms recommends: ii linux-libc-dev 4.18.6-1 ii zfs-zed 0.7.9-3 ii zfsutils-linux 0.7.9-3 zfs-dkms suggests no packages. -- debconf information: zfs-dkms/stop-build-for-32bit-kernel: true * zfs-dkms/note-incompatible-licenses: zfs-dkms/stop-build-for-unknown-kernel: true
