On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:13:52 +0100 Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <[email protected]> wrote: > Source: dh-cargo > Version: 32 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > when creating a new package, I got the following error: > > dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture arm64 > debian/rules clean > dh clean --buildsystem=cargo --sourcedirectory=crates/hyfetch/ > dh_auto_clean -O--buildsystem=cargo -O--sourcedirectory=crates/hyfetch/ > dh_auto_clean: error: Could not find any Cargo lib or bin packages to build. > make: *** [debian/rules:18: clean] Error 25 > dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules clean subprocess returned exit status 2 > > The problem was, that my package was listed as "Architecture: all" instead of > "Architecture: any" but above error message did not let me recognize this as > the source of the problem until I started treading cargo.pm from src:dh-cargo. > > I should not have to read the source code of the software producing an error > message to find out why the error message is produced. Please be more verbose > in explaining why dh-cargo thinks that it could not find lib or bin packages. > > I was suspecting that there was a problem with my Cargo.toml but not with my > debian/control.
Hi! Thanks for your report, it's always good to get fresh input from new users that are not yet used to all the warts and rough edges. I agree that dh-cargo should be made both more robust, and more generally useful. As it stands, it's intended usecase is to package single crates using a specific scheme, and packages deviating from that need to manually drive the cargo wrapper (that dh-cargo also drives) instead of using dh-cargo, or override lots of things. The Rust Team book has some pointers for driving cargo directly: https://rust-team.pages.debian.net/book/process-workspace.html#manual-wrapper-approach I am not sure in which category your package falls, maybe it can use dh-cargo with more hand-holding and overrides. I am happy to assist :) I will try to include more relevant information and/or pointers in this error message. Regards, Fabian
