[debhelper-devel] Bug#887688: Bug#887688: debhelper: empty build of src:ck

[Adrian Bunk]

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 07:11:00PM +0000, Niels Thykier wrote:
> clone 887688 -1
> retitle -1 debhelper: dh_makeshlibs --no-act isn't and causes FTBFS
> tags 887688 pending
> thanks
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Assuming I have not overlooked something, then I believe this bug is now
> resolved in debhelper and will close it in a few days.  This is because:
> 
>  * I have filed bugs for all known packages that currently FTBFS due to
>    empty or incomplete targets (usually caused by .PHONY).  Most of
>    these have a patch attached.
> 
>  * The autoreconf related issue was solved in dh-autoreconf/16, which
>    solved the problems in some of the originally listed packages.
>    (See #887482)
> 
>  * There was a regression in the --no-act that caused a single FTBFS.
>    This has a patch in debhelper master that has yet to be uploaded
>    (I just cloned this bug for that purpose).
> 
> 
> Overview of the packages mentioned in this bug report
> =====================================================

Thanks a lot for doing this.

> Packages that has an open RC bug related to this issue:
> 
>  * apr: #888593 (patch)
>  * ck: #888591 (patch)
>  * cpputest: #888598 (patch)
>  * debian-handbook: #888578 (patch)
>  * iaxmodem: #888601 (patch)
>  * moarvm: #888582 (patch)
>  * jscommunicator: #888579 (patch)
>  * libtemplate-perl: #888663 (patch)
>  * monotone: #888612 (patch)
>...

One new .PHONY case that needs a bug:
  https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/apr-util.html

> Thanks,
> ~Niels

Thanks
Adrian

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