[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#923013: Bug#923013: xen: FTBFS when built with dpkg-buildpackage -A

[Santiago Vila]

On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 01:15:49AM +0100, Hans van Kranenburg wrote:

> Can you please help me by formulating a clear problem / question and if
> possible some expected things that you would like to have as a result?

Sure. This is a packaging bug in debian/rules. Packages must build for the
end user with plain "dpkg-buildpackage" but also in the official
autobuilders by doing "dpkg-buildpackage -A" (to generate arch-all
packages) or "dpkg-buildpackage -B" (to generate arch-indep packages).

Either of those failing is a FTBFS bug, hence the serious severity.

To reproduce the problem, please try building the package with 
"dpkg-buildpackage -A", which is exactly what the arch:all
autobuilder would do if the package was uploaded in source-only form.

The hint of splitting dh_foo into dh_foo-arch and dh_foo-indep usually
works for packages that use dh and have this bug, i.e. for packages
which build ok when built with plain "dpkg-buildpackage" but not with
"dpkg-buildpackage -A" or "dpkg-buildpackage -B".

Thanks.