[Debian GNUstep maintainers] Bug#806005: charmap.app: FTBFS when built with dpkg-buildpackage -A (No such file or directory)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:charmap.app
Version: 0.3~rc1-2
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
   dh_testroot -i
   dh_prep -i
   dh_auto_install -i
	make -j1 install DESTDIR=/<<BUILDDIR>>/charmap.app-0.3\~rc1/debian/tmp AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR=no
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
This is gnustep-make 2.6.6. Type 'make print-gnustep-make-help' for help.
Making all for app Charmap...
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'internal-app-compile'.
 Copying resources into the app wrapper...
 Copying localized resources into the app wrapper...
Making install for app Charmap...
 Creating /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp//usr/lib/GNUstep/Applications...
 Installing bundle directory...
 Creating /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp//usr/bin/....
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
   dh_installdocs -i
   dh_installchangelogs -i
   dh_perl -i
   debian/rules override_dh_link
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
gsdh_gnustep
dh_installdirs usr/share/GNUstep
rm /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/charmap.app/usr/lib/GNUstep/Applications/*.app/Resources/*.desktop
rm: cannot remove '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/charmap.app/usr/lib/GNUstep/Applications/*.app/Resources/*.desktop': No such file or directory
debian/rules:23: recipe for target 'override_dh_link' failed
make[1]: *** [override_dh_link] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
debian/rules:13: 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.