Bug#583061: tpclient-pywx: FTBFS: dpkg-gencontrol: error: the Recommends field contains an arch-specific dependency but the package is architecture all

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: tpclient-pywx
Version: 0.3.1.1-3
Severity: serious
Tags: squeeze sid
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20100524 qa-ftbfs
Justification: FTBFS on amd64

Hi,

During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build on
amd64.

Relevant part:
>  /usr/bin/fakeroot debian/rules binary
> dh_testdir
> touch build-stamp
> dh_testdir
> dh_testroot
> dh_clean -k 
> python2.6 setup.py --temp=/build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/usr \
> 		--prefix=/usr install
> Version is 0.3.1
> Installing to... /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/usr
> Target     is... /usr
> docpath /usr/share/doc/tpclient-pywx (copying to /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/usr/share/doc/tpclient-pywx)
> localepath /usr/share/locale/%s/LC_MESSAGES/ (copying to /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/usr/share/locale/%s/LC_MESSAGES/)
> Installing language files for sl
> librarypath /usr/share/tpclient-pywx (copying to /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/usr/share/tpclient-pywx)
> graphicspath /usr/share/tpclient-pywx/graphics (copying to /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/usr/share/tpclient-pywx/graphics)
> binpath /usr/bin (copying to /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/usr/bin)
> Client installed!
> dh_installdirs
> dh_install
> #Remove extra license files.
> find /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/ -name COPYING* -delete
> find /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/ -name LICENSE -delete
> dh_testdir
> dh_testroot
> dh_clean -k 
> python2.5 setup.py --temp=/build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/usr \
> 		--prefix=/usr install
> Version is 0.3.1
> Installing to... /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/usr
> Target     is... /usr
> docpath /usr/share/doc/tpclient-pywx (copying to /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/usr/share/doc/tpclient-pywx)
> localepath /usr/share/locale/%s/LC_MESSAGES/ (copying to /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/usr/share/locale/%s/LC_MESSAGES/)
> Installing language files for sl
> librarypath /usr/share/tpclient-pywx (copying to /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/usr/share/tpclient-pywx)
> graphicspath /usr/share/tpclient-pywx/graphics (copying to /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/usr/share/tpclient-pywx/graphics)
> binpath /usr/bin (copying to /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/usr/bin)
> Client installed!
> dh_installdirs
> dh_install
> #Remove extra license files.
> find /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/ -name COPYING* -delete
> find /build/user-tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3-amd64-Vf0ohf/tpclient-pywx-0.3.1.1/debian/tpclient-pywx/ -name LICENSE -delete
> dh_testdir
> dh_testroot
> dh_installchangelogs 
> dh_installdocs
> dh_link
> dh_compress -X.py
> dh_fixperms
> dh_pysupport
> dh_installdeb
> dh_gencontrol
> dpkg-gencontrol: error: the Recommends field contains an arch-specific dependency but the package is architecture all
> dh_gencontrol: dpkg-gencontrol -ldebian/changelog -Tdebian/tpclient-pywx.substvars -Pdebian/tpclient-pywx returned exit code 255
> make: *** [binary-indep] Error 9

The full build log is available from:
   http://people.debian.org/~lucas/logs/2010/05/24/tpclient-pywx_0.3.1.1-3_lsid64.buildlog

A list of current common problems and possible solutions is available at 
http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS . You're welcome to contribute!

About the archive rebuild: The rebuild was done on about 50 AMD64 nodes
of the Grid'5000 platform, using a clean chroot.  Internet was not
accessible from the build systems.

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