Bug#1122465: python-escript: FTBFS: dh_install: error: missing files, aborting

[Adrian Bunk]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 08:40:40PM +0000, Santiago Vila wrote:
> Package: src:python-escript
> Version: 5.6-10
> Severity: serious
> Tags: ftbfs forky sid
>...
>    dh_install -O-v
> 	install -m0755 -d debian/python3-escript/usr/bin
> 	cp --reflink=auto -a ./debian/stage3/bin/run-escript3 debian/python3-escript/usr/bin/
> 	install -m0755 -d debian/python3-escript/usr/lib/python3-escript
> 	cp --reflink=auto -a ./debian/stage3/esys debian/python3-escript/usr/lib/python3-escript/
> 	install -m0755 -d debian/python3-escript/usr/lib/python3-escript/lib
> 	cp --reflink=auto -a ./debian/stage3/lib/buildvars debian/python3-escript/usr/lib/python3-escript/lib/
> 	install -m0755 -d debian/python3-escript/usr/share/doc/python3-escript
> 	cp --reflink=auto -a ./debian/copyright debian/python3-escript/usr/share/doc/python3-escript/
> dh_install: warning: Cannot find (any matches for) "debian/stage3/release/doc/doxygen/html/*" (tried in ., debian/tmp)
> 
> dh_install: warning: python-escript-doc missing files: debian/stage3/release/doc/doxygen/html/*
> dh_install: warning: Cannot find (any matches for) "debian/tmp3/posix/doc/inversion/inversion.pdf" (tried in ., debian/tmp)
> 
> dh_install: warning: python-escript-doc missing files: debian/tmp3/posix/doc/inversion/inversion.pdf
> 	install -m0755 -d debian/python-escript-doc/usr/share/doc/python-escript-doc
> 	cp --reflink=auto -a ./debian/copyright ./debian/tmp3/posix/doc/cookbook/cookbook.pdf debian/python-escript-doc/usr/share/doc/python-escript-doc/
> dh_install: error: missing files, aborting
> make: *** [debian/rules:44: binary] Error 255
> dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Are you still able to reproduce it?

It works both locally and in reproducible, but I do not really 
understand what broke or fixed it.

cu
Adrian