Thanks, Brian! I can confirm that this fixes the problem in an artful build chroot (on my Debian jessie host):
titan:~ geofft$ schroot -c artful-amd64-sbuild -u root (artful-amd64-sbuild)root@titan:~# apt-get install config-package-dev lynx wget debhelper [...] (artful-amd64-sbuild)root@titan:~# wget http://github.com/sipb/config-package-dev/archive/master.tar.gz [...] (artful-amd64-sbuild)root@titan:~# tar xf master.tar.gz (artful-amd64-sbuild)root@titan:~# cd config-package-dev-master/examples/debhelper/debathena-transform-example-1.0/ (artful-amd64-sbuild)root@titan:~/config-package-dev-master/examples/debhelper/debathena-transform-example-1.0# dpkg-buildpackage --no-sign dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package debathena-transform-example dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 1.0 dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution unstable dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Geoffrey Thomas <geo...@mit.edu> dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture amd64 dpkg-source --before-build debathena-transform-example-1.0 debian/rules clean dh clean --with=config-package dh_auto_clean dh_clean dpkg-source -b debathena-transform-example-1.0 dpkg-source: info: using source format '3.0 (native)' dpkg-source: info: building debathena-transform-example in debathena-transform-example_1.0.tar.xz dpkg-source: info: building debathena-transform-example in debathena-transform-example_1.0.dsc debian/rules build dh build --with=config-package dh_update_autotools_config dh_auto_configure dh_auto_build dh_auto_test debian/rules binary dh binary --with=config-package dh_testroot dh_prep dh_auto_install dh_installdocs dh_installchangelogs dh_perl dh_configpackage Can't use string ("/ARRAY(0x7f74f5dde2c0)") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use at /usr/bin/dh_configpackage line 394. debian/rules:4: recipe for target 'binary' failed make: *** [binary] Error 2 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2 (artful-amd64-sbuild)root@titan:~/config-package-dev-master/examples/debhelper/debathena-transform-example-1.0# echo 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-proposed restricted main multiverse universe' >> /etc/apt/sources.list (artful-amd64-sbuild)root@titan:~/config-package-dev-master/examples/debhelper/debathena-transform-example-1.0# apt-get update [...] (artful-amd64-sbuild)root@titan:~/config-package-dev-master/examples/debhelper/debathena-transform-example-1.0# apt-get install config-package-dev [...] Unpacking config-package-dev (5.2ubuntu0.1) over (5.2) ... [...] (artful-amd64-sbuild)root@titan:~/config-package-dev-master/examples/debhelper/debathena-transform-example-1.0# dpkg-buildpackage --no-sign dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package debathena-transform-example dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 1.0 dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution unstable dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Geoffrey Thomas <geo...@mit.edu> dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture amd64 dpkg-source --before-build debathena-transform-example-1.0 debian/rules clean dh clean --with=config-package dh_auto_clean dh_clean dpkg-source -b debathena-transform-example-1.0 dpkg-source: info: using source format '3.0 (native)' dpkg-source: info: building debathena-transform-example in debathena-transform-example_1.0.tar.xz dpkg-source: info: building debathena-transform-example in debathena-transform-example_1.0.dsc debian/rules build dh build --with=config-package dh_update_autotools_config dh_auto_configure dh_auto_build dh_auto_test debian/rules binary dh binary --with=config-package dh_testroot dh_prep dh_auto_install dh_installdocs dh_installchangelogs dh_perl dh_configpackage dh_link dh_strip_nondeterminism dh_compress dh_fixperms dh_missing dh_installdeb dh_gencontrol dh_md5sums dh_builddeb dpkg-deb: building package 'debathena-transform-example' in '../debathena-transform-example_1.0_all.deb'. dpkg-genbuildinfo dpkg-genchanges >../debathena-transform-example_1.0_amd64.changes dpkg-genchanges: info: including full source code in upload dpkg-source --after-build debathena-transform-example-1.0 dpkg-buildpackage: info: full upload; Debian-native package (full source is included) (artful-amd64-sbuild)root@titan:~/config-package-dev-master/examples/debhelper/debathena-transform-example-1.0# ** Tags removed: verification-needed-artful ** Tags added: verification-done-artful -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725110 Title: config-package-dev 5.2 broke transforms To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/config-package-dev/+bug/1725110/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs