Bug#839186: libsoup2.4: dpkg-buildpackage builds everything as root

[Santiago Vila]

Package: libsoup2.4
Version: 2.56.0-1

Dear maintainer:

As a normal user, I do this:

$ apt-get source libsoup2.4
$ cd libsoup2.4-2.56.0
$ debian/rules build

and this is what happens:

make: 'build' is up to date.

(There is already a directory called "build")

As a result, "dpkg-buildpackage" (without -A or -B) builds most
stuff as root. This is from the reproducible builds site:

[...]
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture amd64
 fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh clean --with gir,gnome
   dh_testdir
   dh_auto_clean
   dh_autoreconf_clean
   dh_gnome_clean
   dh_clean
 debian/rules build
make: 'build' is up to date.
 fakeroot debian/rules binary
dh binary --with gir,gnome
   dh_testdir
   dh_update_autotools_config
   debian/rules override_dh_autoreconf
make[1]: Entering directory '/build-1st/libsoup2.4-2.56.0'

[ most of the build happens here, as root(fakeroot) ]


Policy says "The build target should perform all the configuration and
compilation of the package", so building everything as root is clearly
undesirable.

Thanks.