Bug#806039: gnuplot5: FTBFS when built with dpkg-buildpackage -A (No such file or directory)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:gnuplot5
Version: 5.0.1+dfsg1-3
User: sanvila at debian.org
Usertags: binary-indep
Severity: important

Dear maintainer:

I tried to build this package with "dpkg-buildpackage -A"
(i.e. only architecture-independent packages), and it failed:

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[...]
 fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep
dh binary-indep --parallel --with autoreconf
   dh_testroot -i -O--parallel
   dh_prep -i -O--parallel
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_install
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1'
/usr/bin/make -C /<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/build-nox install DESTDIR=/<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/tmp/NOX/ \
	pkglibexecdir='$(libexecdir)'
make[2]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/build-nox'
Making install in config
make[3]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/build-nox/config'
make[4]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/build-nox/config'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/build-nox/config'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/build-nox/config'
Making install in m4
make[3]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/build-nox/m4'
make[4]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/build-nox/m4'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/build-nox/m4'

[... snipped ...]

make[3]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/build-qt'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/build-qt'
mv /<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/tmp/QT/usr/bin/gnuplot /<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/tmp/QT/usr/bin/gnuplot5-qt
mv /<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/tmp/QT/usr/share/man/man1/gnuplot.1 /<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/tmp/QT/usr/share/man/man1/gnuplot5-qt.1
mv /<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/tmp/QT/usr/share/gnuplot5/gnuplot.gih /<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1/debian/tmp/QT/usr/share/gnuplot5/gnuplot5-qt.gih
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/gnuplot5-5.0.1+dfsg1'
   dh_install -i -O--parallel
   dh_installdocs -i -O--parallel
cp: cannot stat 'debian/build-x11/tutorial/tutorial.dvi': No such file or directory
dh_installdocs: cp --reflink=auto -a debian/build-x11/tutorial/tutorial.dvi debian/gnuplot5-doc/usr/share/doc/gnuplot5-doc returned exit code 1
debian/rules:4: recipe for target 'binary-indep' failed
make: *** [binary-indep] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep gave error exit status 2
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Sorry not to have a fix, as I am reporting many bugs similar to
this one, but I can give some general hints:

* If all the arch-independent packages are dummy transitional packages
released with jessie, the easy fix is to drop them now.
 
* If not, debian/rules should be modified so that the binary-indep
target works in all cases, even when binary-arch is not used (this is
what the "Architecture: all" autobuilder does). For that:
    
* If you are using debhelper, you might want to use options -a and -i
for dh_* commands so that they do not act on packages they do not
have to act.

* Also, if you are using dh, the (independently) optional targets
override_dh_foo-arch and override_dh_foo-indep (for several values
of "foo") may be useful to write a debian/rules which behaves exactly
as desired.


After checking that both "dpkg-buildpackage -A" and "dpkg-buildpackage -B"
work properly, this package will be suitable to be uploaded in
source-only form if you wish (you might want to try it).

Thanks.