Bug#806074: mapserver: FTBFS when built with dpkg-buildpackage -A (No such file or directory)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:mapserver
Version: 7.0.0-7
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 --with python2,pkgkde_symbolshelper \
      --parallel \
      --buildsystem cmake
   dh_testroot -i -O--parallel -O--buildsystem=cmake
   dh_prep -i -O--parallel -O--buildsystem=cmake
   dh_installdirs -i -O--parallel -O--buildsystem=cmake
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_install
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
dh_auto_install
	make -j1 install DESTDIR=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR=no
make[2]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu'
/usr/bin/cmake -H/<<PKGBUILDDIR>> -B/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu --check-build-system CMakeFiles/Makefile.cmake 0
/usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_progress_start /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/CMakeFiles /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/CMakeFiles/progress.marks
make -f CMakeFiles/Makefile2 all
make[3]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu'
make -f CMakeFiles/mapserver.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/mapserver.dir/depend
make[4]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu'
cd /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu && /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_depends "Unix Makefiles" /<<PKGBUILDDIR>> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/CMakeFiles/mapserver.dir/DependInfo.cmake --color=
make[4]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu'
make -f CMakeFiles/mapserver.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/mapserver.dir/build
make[4]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu'

[... snipped ...]

dh_installchangelogs HISTORY.TXT
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
   debian/rules override_dh_installexamples
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
dh_installexamples
chmod a-x /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/php*-mapscript/usr/share/doc/php*-mapscript/examples/*.phtml
chmod: cannot access '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/php*-mapscript/usr/share/doc/php*-mapscript/examples/*.phtml': No such file or directory
debian/rules:155: recipe for target 'override_dh_installexamples' failed
make[1]: *** [override_dh_installexamples] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
debian/rules:72: 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.