Package: src:runit Version: 2.1.2-4 Severity: serious Dear maintainer:
I tried to build this package with "dpkg-buildpackage -A" (i.e. only architecture-independent packages), and it failed: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [...] debian/rules build-indep dh build-indep --sourcedirectory=runit-2.1.2/src \ --with bash_completion,systemd,runit --parallel dh_testdir -i -O--sourcedirectory=runit-2.1.2/src -O--parallel dh_update_autotools_config -i -O--sourcedirectory=runit-2.1.2/src -O--parallel [... snipped ...] fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep dh binary-indep --sourcedirectory=runit-2.1.2/src \ --with bash_completion,systemd,runit --parallel dh_testroot -i -O--sourcedirectory=runit-2.1.2/src -O--parallel dh_prep -i -O--sourcedirectory=runit-2.1.2/src -O--parallel dh_auto_install -i -O--sourcedirectory=runit-2.1.2/src -O--parallel dh_installdocs -i -O--sourcedirectory=runit-2.1.2/src -O--parallel debian/rules override_dh_installchangelogs make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' dh_installchangelogs dh_installchangelogs -p runit -p runit-init \ runit-2.1.2/package/CHANGES dh_installchangelogs: No packages to build. make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' debian/rules override_dh_installman make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' dh_installman mv debian/runit-init/usr/share/man/man8/runit-init.8 \ debian/runit-init/usr/share/man/man8/init.8 mv: cannot stat 'debian/runit-init/usr/share/man/man8/runit-init.8': No such file or directory debian/rules:12: recipe for target 'override_dh_installman' failed make[1]: *** [override_dh_installman] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' debian/rules:6: recipe for target 'binary-indep' failed make: *** [binary-indep] Error 2 dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep gave error exit status 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hint: Since it's override_dh_installman who fails, try splitting that into override_dh_installman-arch and override_dh_installman-indep. It is even possible that just renaming override_dh_installman to override_dh_installman-arch does the trick (when there is really nothing in the target affecting arch-independent packages). After that, please make sure that both "dpkg-buildpackage -A" and "dpkg-buildpackage -B" work properly, then the package would be suitable to be uploaded in source-only form if you wish. [ Source-only uploads are of course optional, but being able to do them is going to be a release goal for stretch. See Bug #830997 for details ]. Thanks.