[Pkg-mozext-maintainers] Bug#906355: dh_webext: SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[Juhani Numminen]

Control: notfound -1 2.0.3.2+dfsg-1
Control: reassign -1 mozilla-devscripts
Control: found -1 mozilla-devscripts/0.49
Control: retitle -1 dh_webext: SyntaxError: invalid syntax

On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:19:38 +0000 Santiago Vila <sanvila at debian.org> wrote:> I tried to build this package in buster but it failed:
> 
> [...]
>  debian/rules build-indep
> dh build-indep --with webext
>    dh_update_autotools_config -i
>    dh_autoreconf -i
>    create-stamp debian/debhelper-build-stamp
>  fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep
> dh binary-indep --with webext
>    dh_testroot -i
>    dh_prep -i
>    debian/rules override_dh_webext
> make[1]: Entering directory '/<<BUILDDIR>>/form-history-control-2.0.3.2+dfsg'
> dh_webext . form-history-control
>   File "/usr/bin/dh_webext", line 64
>     print(self_script + ":", *args)
>                              ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
[...]
> The build was made with "dpkg-buildpackage -A" in my autobuilder.
> Most probably, it also fails here in reproducible builds:
>
> https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/form-history-control.html

Dear maintainer,

Reassigning to mozilla-devscripts since dh_webext causes the FTBFS
in form-history-control.

Trying to invoke dh_webext on my system running testing looks like this:

$ dh_webext
  File "/usr/bin/dh_webext", line 64
    print(self_script + ":", *args)
                             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

$ dh_webext --help
  File "/usr/bin/dh_webext", line 64
    print(self_script + ":", *args)
                             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Python 3 interpreter works a bit better:

$ python3 /usr/bin/dh_webext
usage: dh_webext [-h] [-p PACKAGE] [-I ARG] [-v] PATH [NAME]
dh_webext: error: the following arguments are required: PATH

$ python3 /usr/bin/dh_webext --help
usage: dh_webext [-h] [-p PACKAGE] [-I ARG] [-v] PATH [NAME]

Debhelper command to install an unpacked WebExtension

positional arguments:
  PATH                  Path to the main directory. (Default: .)
  NAME                  Short name of the extension.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -p PACKAGE, --package PACKAGE
                        calculate substvars only for the specified PACKAGE
  -I ARG, --dh-install-arg ARG
                        extra arguments to pass to dh_install
  -v, --verbose         print more information


With best regards,
Juhani