I am uploading a NMU to DELAYED/10 in order to fix this.
Please find the debdiff attached.
diff -Nru empire-lafe-1.1/debian/changelog empire-lafe-1.1/debian/changelog
--- empire-lafe-1.1/debian/changelog 2023-10-02 22:08:49.000000000 +0200
+++ empire-lafe-1.1/debian/changelog 2023-10-02 21:59:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+empire-lafe (1.1-1.2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload
+ * Convert to source format 3.0 (Closes: #1043153)
+
+ [ Helmut Grohne ]
+ * Fix FTCBFS: Let dh_auto_build pass cross tools to make (Closes: #939612)
+
+ -- Bastian Germann <b...@debian.org> Mon, 02 Oct 2023 21:59:55 +0200
+
empire-lafe (1.1-1.1) unstable; urgency=medium
* Non-maintainer upload.
diff -Nru empire-lafe-1.1/debian/laferc empire-lafe-1.1/debian/laferc
--- empire-lafe-1.1/debian/laferc 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ empire-lafe-1.1/debian/laferc 2023-10-02 21:59:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+execute ~/.laferc
diff -Nru empire-lafe-1.1/debian/rules empire-lafe-1.1/debian/rules
--- empire-lafe-1.1/debian/rules 2023-10-02 22:08:49.000000000 +0200
+++ empire-lafe-1.1/debian/rules 2023-10-02 21:59:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
# Add here commands to compile the package.
- make CFLAGS="-O2 -g -Wall -DLAFERC=\\\"/etc/laferc\\\"
-DLAFEREVISION=\\\"$(version)\\\"" linux
+ dh_auto_build -- CFLAGS="-O2 -g -Wall -DLAFERC=\\\"/etc/laferc\\\"
-DLAFEREVISION=\\\"$(version)\\\"" linux
touch build-stamp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
# Add here commands to install the files into debian/$(PKG)
# $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=`pwd`/debian/$(PKG)
cp lafe `pwd`/debian/$(PKG)/usr/games
- cp laferc `pwd`/debian/$(PKG)/etc
+ cp debian/laferc `pwd`/debian/$(PKG)/etc
dh_installdocs
dh_installexamples example/*
diff -Nru empire-lafe-1.1/debian/source/format
empire-lafe-1.1/debian/source/format
--- empire-lafe-1.1/debian/source/format 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000
+0100
+++ empire-lafe-1.1/debian/source/format 2023-10-02 21:59:55.000000000
+0200
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)
diff -Nru empire-lafe-1.1/laferc empire-lafe-1.1/laferc
--- empire-lafe-1.1/laferc 2023-10-02 22:08:49.000000000 +0200
+++ empire-lafe-1.1/laferc 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-execute ~/.laferc
