Bug#933715: jh_linkjars: dpkg -L "debhelper-compat" returned exit code 1

[Niels Thykier]

Control: severity -1 important

On Fri, 02 Aug 2019 14:05:25 +0200 Markus Koschany <apo at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: javahelper
> Version: 0.72.9
> Severity: serious
> 
> 
> jh_linkjars apparently chokes on the new debhelper-compat package.
> Since it is not a real package dpkg -L does not work. I presume the
> workaround is to either add debhelper-compat to a blacklist or to find
> a more general way to not use dpkg -L on virtual packages.
> 
> This bug can be reproduced by switching to debhelper-compat = 12, e.g.
> in lombok-patcher.
> 
> 
> [...]

While it is certainly an annoying bug, it is possible to use debhelper
compat 12 without relying on the virtual package.  Obviously, it would
be best if it was fixed ... :)

Thanks,
~Niels