Bug#1118272: dh-fortran-mod

[Santiago Vila]

On Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 10:17:00AM +0100, Alastair McKinstry wrote:

> Two things are happening here:
> (1) dh-fortran-mod changed from depending on gfortran to gfortran-for-host
> (as was recommended for cross-building). Some packages were relying on this
> for gfortran, but gfortran-for-host is not pulling in a compiler that the 
> build system eg cmake or meson can use.
> Reverting this change.
> 
> (2) There was a change in dh_fortran_lib behaviour, used experimentally in
> some packages I maintain. Uploading fixes for these. (dh_fortran_lib now
> installs in the target pkg rather than working in debian/tmp, to be
> consistent with other dh_ packages).

So this is really neither "bug in dh-fortran-mod" nor "bug in individual packages"
but more like a mix of the two things.

To simplify, I suggest to keep this bug open until all packages in the affects
may be built again in unstable.

(The alternative would be to clone this bug several times or report
several new bugs, which imo would be pointless if you plan to fix the
individual packages soon enough).

Thanks.