[Pkg-tcltk-devel] Bug#806050: itcl3: FTBFS when built with dpkg-buildpackage -A (No such file or directory)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:itcl3
Version: 3.4.1-2
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
   dh_testroot -i
   dh_prep -i
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_install
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
/usr/bin/make prefix=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr \
	exec_prefix=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr \
	includedir=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/include/itcl3 \
	install
make[2]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
 /bin/bash ./tclconfig/install-sh -c  -m 755 libitcl3.4.so /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/itcl3.4/libitcl3.4.so
 : /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/itcl3.4/libitcl3.4.so
 /bin/bash ./tclconfig/install-sh -c  -m 755 libitclstub3.4.a /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/itcl3.4/libitclstub3.4.a
 ranlib /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/itcl3.4/libitclstub3.4.a
 Install itcl.tcl /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/itcl3.4/itcl.tcl
/bin/bash ./tclconfig/install-sh -c  -m 444 pkgIndex.tcl /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/itcl3.4
/bin/bash ./tclconfig/install-sh -c  -m 444 itclConfig.sh /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
Installing header files in /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/include/itcl3
Installing ./generic/itcl.h
Installing ./generic/itclDecls.h
Installing ./generic/itclInt.h

[... snipped ...]

   dh_installchangelogs -i
   dh_installman -i
   dh_perl -i
   debian/rules override_dh_link
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
rm -r debian/itcl3-dev/usr/share/doc/itcl3-dev
rm: cannot remove 'debian/itcl3-dev/usr/share/doc/itcl3-dev': No such file or directory
debian/rules:76: recipe for target 'override_dh_link' failed
make[1]: *** [override_dh_link] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
debian/rules:14: 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.