Bug#1143224: nvidia-open-kernel-dkms: make -f debian/rules prepare: No series file found

[Chris Hofstaedtler]

On Sat, Aug 01, 2026 at 07:57:32AM +0200, Agathe Porte wrote:
> Package: nvidia-open-kernel-dkms
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: gagath at debian.org
> 
> When trying to run `make -f debian/rules prepare` to work on the package
> patches, the following quilt invocation fails:
> 
> 	QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches QUILT_SERIES=series-manual quilt --quiltrc /dev/null push -a || test $? = 2
> 	No series file found
> 	make: *** [debian/rules:73: prepare] Error 1
> 
> After reading the ENVIRONMENT section in the quilt(1) manpage, it seems
> that QUILT_PATCHES and QUILT_SERIES cannot be defined by environment
> variables but only using entries in the quiltrc file.

Using quilt with QUILT_PATCHES/QUILT_SERIES in ENV is common. The 
man page doesn't seem to cover the source of the environment 
variables fully.

Likely there is a different cause.

Best,
Chris