[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1091941: node-d3-force: FTBFS: dpkg-genchanges: error: package node-d3-force has value in Priority field in control file but optional in files list

[Guillem Jover]

Control: reassign -1 dpkg-dev
Control: affects -1 src:node-d3-force

Hi!

On Thu, 2025-01-02 at 18:09:16 +0000, Santiago Vila wrote:
> Package: src:node-d3-force
> Version: 2.1.1+~2.1.4-1
> Severity: serious
> Tags: ftbfs trixie sid

> (Note: I'm adding dpkg and debhelper maintainers in X-debbugs-Cc. I suspect they
> might already know what's happening here)

Yes, thanks for the report! This is a regression in dpkg, I've fixed it
locally, and will be included in the upcoming upload later today.

>    dh_builddeb
> dpkg-deb: building package 'node-d3-force' in '../node-d3-force_2.1.1+~2.1.4-1_all.deb'.
>  dpkg-genbuildinfo --build=binary -O../node-d3-force_2.1.1+~2.1.4-1_amd64.buildinfo
>  dpkg-genchanges --build=binary -O../node-d3-force_2.1.1+~2.1.4-1_amd64.changes
> Use of uninitialized value $v in string ne at /usr/bin/dpkg-genchanges line 462.
> Use of uninitialized value $args[1] in sprintf at /usr/share/perl5/Dpkg/ErrorHandling.pm line 204.
> dpkg-genchanges: error: package node-d3-force has value  in Priority field in control file but optional in files list
> dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-genchanges --build=binary -O../node-d3-force_2.1.1+~2.1.4-1_amd64.changes subprocess returned exit status 25

None of the above should have happened, and it's not a problem in the
node-d3-force source package.

Thanks,
Guillem