Bug#386113: error in dpkg-buildpackage for asterisk

[Thiago Martins]

Em Qui, 2006-10-12 às 15:55 +0200, Pierre Machard escreveu:
> tags     386113 -wontfix
> tags	 386113 +patch
> severity 386113 important
> retitle  386113 Asterisk must build-depend upon dpkg ( >= 1.13.19)
> thanks,
> 
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 02:21:07PM +0200, Pierre Machard wrote:
> > > Depends: asterisk-classic (>=  ) | asterisk-bristuff (>=  ), adduser (>=
> > > 3.63)
> > 
> > The problem is that you are backporting asterisk with an older dpkg. The 
> > substvar 'source:Version' as been added into dpkg 1.13.19.
> > 
> > With a recent dpkg the line [1] would have been expanded.
> > [1] : Depends: asterisk-classic (>= ${source:Version}) | asterisk-bristuff (>= ${source:Version}), adduser (>= 3.63)
> 
> Which means that asterisk must build-depend upon dpkg ( >= 1.13.19)
> 
> Thanks Duck for the hint,

Mmmm...

 I think this is not right...

 I have a dpkg-1.13.11 installed and I build the package
asterisk-1:1.2.10.dfsg-2.dapper.2235 with the same debian/control file,
look:

.../asterisk-1.2.10.dfsg$ head -n20 debian/control
--cuted--
Package: asterisk
Architecture: all
Section: comm
Depends: asterisk-classic (= ${Source-Version})|asterisk-bristuff (=
${Source-Version}), adduser (>= 3.63)
Conflicts: asterisk-oh323 (<= 0.6.6pre3-3)
--end--

And after binary target:
.../asterisk-1.2.10.dfsg$ head debian/asterisk/DEBIAN/control
Package: asterisk
Version: 1:1.2.10.dfsg-2.dapper.2235
Section: comm
Priority: optional
Architecture: all
Depends: asterisk-classic (= 1:1.2.10.dfsg-2.dapper.2235) |
asterisk-bristuff (= 1:1.2.10.dfsg-2.dapper.2235), adduser (>= 3.63)
...

Has all of you can see, my dpkg-1.13.11 understands "${Source-Version}".

BUT! With new asterisk package (on the same Linux):
.../asterisk-1.2.12.1.dfsg$ head -n20 debian/control
--cuted--
Package: asterisk
Architecture: all
Section: comm
Depends: asterisk-classic (>= ${Source:Version}) | asterisk-bristuff (>=
${Source:Version}), adduser (>= 3.63)
--end--

and here, binary target doesn't work:
.../asterisk-1.2.12.1.dfsg$ head debian/asterisk/DEBIAN/control
Package: asterisk
Version: 1:1.2.12.1.dfsg-1.flizy.2
Section: comm
Priority: optional
Architecture: all
Depends: asterisk-classic (>=  ) | asterisk-bristuff (>=  ), adduser (>=
3.63)

 What's happening here?! Why the following error appears on new package
version? I can't see the source of the problem.

Error on new package:
dpkg-deb: parse error, in file `debian/asterisk/DEBIAN/control' near
line 6 package `asterisk':
 `Depends' field, reference to `asterisk-classic': error in version:
version string is empty
dh_builddeb: command returned error code 512

Thanks for any help...
Thiago