[DSE-Dev] Bug#809122: policycoreutils: FTBFS when built with dpkg-buildpackage -A (No such file or directory)

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:policycoreutils
Version: 2.4-2
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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[...]
 debian/rules build-indep
dh build-indep --with python2 --with systemd
   dh_testdir -i
   dh_auto_configure -i
   dh_auto_build -i
	make -j1
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
make[2]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/sepolicy'
python setup.py build
running build
running build_py
creating build

[... snipped ...]

test -d /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/lib/systemd/system || install -m 755 -d /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/lib/systemd/system
install -m 644 mcstrans.service /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/lib/systemd/system/
make[4]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/mcstrans/src'
make -C man install
make[4]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/mcstrans/man'
mkdir -p /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man8
install -m 644 man8/*.8 /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man8
make[4]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/mcstrans/man'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/mcstrans'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
   debian/rules override_dh_install
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
dh_install --list-missing
dh_install: etc/default/sandbox exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: etc/init.d/mcstrans exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: etc/init.d/restorecond exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: etc/pam.d/newrole exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: etc/pam.d/run_init exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sepolicy/generate.pyc exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sepolicy/network.pyc exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sepolicy/communicate.pyc exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sepolicy/__init__.pyc exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sepolicy/gui.pyc exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sepolicy/booleans.pyc exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sepolicy/interface.pyc exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sepolicy/transition.pyc exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sepolicy/manpage.pyc exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sepolicy/sedbus.pyc exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sepolicy/help/__init__.py exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sepolicy/help/__init__.pyc exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
dh_install: usr/share/man/man5/sandbox.5 exists in debian/tmp but is not installed to anywhere
rm -f /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/policycoreutils/usr/sbin/load_policy
ln -s /sbin/load_policy /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/policycoreutils/usr/sbin/load_policy
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/policycoreutils/usr/sbin/load_policy': No such file or directory
debian/rules:35: recipe for target 'override_dh_install' failed
make[1]: *** [override_dh_install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
debian/rules:29: 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. The common hints are:

* If the only architecture-independent packages are dummy transitional
ones and they were released with jessie, the easy fix is to drop them
now.

* When using "dh", it is allowed to use (independently)
optional targets override_dh_foo-arch and override_dh_foo-indep
(for several values of "foo").


Once that both "dpkg-buildpackage -A" and "dpkg-buildpackage -B" work
properly, the package would be suitable to be uploaded in source-only
form if you wish.

Thanks.