Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.15.8.4 Severity: minor Hello,
I moved the debian folder of an otherwise workign package into a separate directory and then symlinked to it. This is helpful as a preparation for svn-buildpackage with propset mergeWithUpstream 1 debian . dpkg-source was not happy, which is misleading: dh_clean dpkg-source -b ensembl-57 dpkg-source: info: using source format `3.0 (quilt)' dpkg-source: info: building ensembl using existing ./ensembl_57.orig.tar.gz dpkg-source: info: building ensembl in ensembl_57-1.debian.tar.gz dpkg-source: internal error: add_directory() only handles directories dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source -b ensembl-57 gave error exit status 29 Thanks Steffen -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on: ii base-files 5.9 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii binutils 2.20.51.20100527-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii bzip2 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libdpkg-perl 1.15.8.4 Dpkg perl modules ii make 3.81-8 An utility for Directing compilati ii patch 2.6-2 Apply a diff file to an original ii xz-utils 4.999.9beta+20100810-1 XZ-format compression utilities Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends: ii build-essential 11.5 Informational list of build-essent ii fakeroot 1.14.4-1 Gives a fake root environment ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.4.4-2 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.4 [c-compiler] 4.4.4-9 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.5 [c-compiler] 4.5.0-8 The GNU C compiler ii gnupg 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii gpgv 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - signature veri ii libalgorithm-merge-perl 0.08-2 Perl module for three-way merge of Versions of packages dpkg-dev suggests: ii debian-keyring 2010.08.01 GnuPG (and obsolete PGP) keys of D -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org