Package: dpkg Version: 1.22.11 dpkg-buildpackage has become incredible slow. This seems to have started around end of 2024.
When starting any build with "dpkg-buildpackage -B -nc", the problem gets visible in the process tree: 13317 13313 /bin/sh -c LC_ALL=C make -Rrnpsf debian/rules debhelper-fail-me 13320 13317 /usr/bin/make -Rrnpsf debian/rules debhelper-fail-me 19106 13320 /bin/sh -c DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="nocheck parallel=8" DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS="hardening=+all,-fortify future=+lfs" dpkg-buildflags --get OBJCFLAGS_FOR_BUILD 19109 19106 /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/dpkg-buildflags --get OBJCFLAGS_FOR_BUILD the "debhelper-fail-me" target (which seems to come automatically) calls over-and-over lots of "dpkg-buildflags --get <some_flag>" subprocesses. This happens very often, and on machines where starting processes is slow (e.g. when running qemu-user for a non-native platform) building packages now suddenly takes endless time. There must have been some change in dpkg or debhelper packages (or something else) which triggers this changed behavior, as it was not like that a few weeks back. Any idea would be great how to track this down... Thanks! Helge
