Package: debhelper Version: 10.10 Severity: serious Tags: d-i Justification: triggers FTBFS
[ Please keep both debian-boot@ and myself in the loop, thanks. ] Hi, debian-installer uses compat 7, a build/ directory, and its daily-build script is started from this directory. Makefiles use dh_testroot from that directory, and starting with 10.10, the build is broken because of: | dh_testroot: "debian/control" not found. Are you sure you are in the correct directory? The changes were obvious since 10.9.2 (known good), but I've confirmed anyway (through bisection) that it's caused by: | commit 087be1a300581b989aa38227693a8a6f112408f9 (refs/bisect/bad) | Author: Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net> | Date: Sat Sep 16 14:51:53 2017 +0000 | | Add minimal R³ support for debhelper | | Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net> It seems to me that's due to the getpackages call addition, but I don't think it's reasonable for debhelper to break compat 7 this way. Also, even if one might object d-i is abusing dh_testroot (or using it incorrectly), its documented purpose is: | dh_testroot simply checks to see if you are root. If not, it exits | with an error. Debian packages must be built as root, though you can | use fakeroot(1) KiBi.
