Control: reassign -1 dh-autoreconf

Martin-Éric Racine:
Package: debhelper
Version: 13.24.1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: martin-eric.rac...@iki.fi

The autoreconf sequence fails to restore files after a build:

  dpkg-source -b .
dpkg-source: info: using source format '3.0 (quilt)'
dpkg-source: info: verifying ./xserver-xorg-video-geode_2.18.1.orig.tar.xz.asc
dpkg-source: info: building xserver-xorg-video-geode using existing 
./xserver-xorg-video-geode_2.18.1.orig.tar.xz
dpkg-source: info: building xserver-xorg-video-geode using existing 
./xserver-xorg-video-geode_2.18.1.orig.tar.xz.asc
dpkg-source: info: local changes detected, the modified files are:
  xserver-xorg-video-geode/aclocal.m4
  xserver-xorg-video-geode/build-aux/config.guess
  xserver-xorg-video-geode/build-aux/config.sub
  xserver-xorg-video-geode/build-aux/ltmain.sh
  xserver-xorg-video-geode/configure
  xserver-xorg-video-geode/m4/libtool.m4
  xserver-xorg-video-geode/m4/ltversion.m4
dpkg-source: error: aborting due to unexpected upstream changes, see 
/tmp/xserver-xorg-video-geode_2.18.1-1.diff.gQ5RWK

Copying the corresponding files from a pristine upstream tarball only works 
once. They keep on having to be copied back before 'debuild' is run otherwise 
the above error shows.

Martin-Éric

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Hi Martin,

I assume this is related to dh-autoreconf to be honest.

Since you see all these files, the package build must have triggered a reconf without using dh_autoreconf or without properly changing into dh_autoreconf-clean during clean up.

Either way, it is either a bug in xserver-xorg-video-geode or in dh-autoreconf and not core debhelper. Reassigning accordingly.

Best regards,
Niels


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