Your message dated Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:13:07 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#485040: Acknowledgement of maintainer-only report (gv:
FTBFS when converted to new source format 3.0 (quilt): contains unused/invalid
quilt series)
has caused the Debian Bug report #485040,
regarding gv: FTBFS when converted to new source format 3.0 (quilt): contains
unused/invalid quilt series
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485040: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=485040
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Package: gv
Version: 1:3.6.3dfsg-6
Severity: minor
Usertags: 3.0-quilt-by-default
To prepare a possible switch to the new source package format "3.0
(quilt)" [1], I converted all source packages and tried to rebuild them.
Unfortunately, gv failed, you can try yourself with those
commands (and dpkg-dev >= 1.14.19 [2]) :
$ apt-get source gv
$ sed -i -e '/^Source:/ aFormat: 3.0 (quilt)' gv-3.6.3dfsg/debian/control
$ dpkg-source -b gv-3.6.3dfsg
$ dpkg-source -x gv_3.6.3dfsg-6.dsc
$ cd gv-3.6.3dfsg && debuild -us -uc
In this process, if the .diff.gz contains changes to upstream files,
dpkg-source will have created a corresponding patch in
debian/patches/debian-changes-1:3.6.3dfsg-6 and will have registered that
patch in a quilt series (debian/patches/series, it is created if needed).
All the patches listed in the "series" file are applied directly during
the extraction (dpkg-source -x). quilt itself is used if available (and
will thus lead to the creation of the .pc directory), otherwise
dpkg-source applies the patches by itself. For more information about the
new source package format see the manual page dpkg-source(1).
In the case of gv, the source package contains a quilt series
that dpkg-source tries to use but fails to because the actual build
system does not more use quilt... and thus patches referenced are
not working any more.
If that's the case, please drop the unused quilt series (or make it empty,
or disable all the patches listed).
As a side note, you must also pay attention to the following points in
your quilt usage to guarantee compatibility with the new source package
format:
- all your patches must be applicable with the "-p1" option of patch
(and you shouldn't use options in the series file to override this)
- the patches must be in debian/patches/ together with the "series" file
(you can use QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches if needed)
- you should not override QUILT_PC to change the location of quilt's
internal directory (".pc" by default)
- the patches should not reference absolute filenames (in +++/--- lines)
- your clean target must work even if the patches are already applied
- your build target must work with patches applied even if the clean
target is supposed to unapply them (because dpkg-source -b might
have applied them back)
Cheers,
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/04/msg00004.html
[2] the upcoming dpkg-dev 1.14.20 is more tolerant with patches, you can
grab it here if you want to try with that version:
http://people.debian.org/~hertzog/packages/dpkg-dev_1.14.20_all.deb
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Raphael Hertzog
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On Sat, 07 Jun 2008, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> Thank you for filing a new Bug report with Debian.
[...]
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernhard R. Link)
When I saw your name, I realized the problem was the same than with
ratpoison and checked manually with gv. It works with the latest
dpkg-source in the git repo. Hence closing the bug immediately.
Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog
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