Package: maven-debian-helper Version: 1.5.1 Severity: important I am trying to package Perf4j using mh_make. It seems to work quite well. Steps:
$ wget https://github.com/perf4j/perf4j/tarball/perf4j-0.9.16 $ tar xvfz [...] $ mh_make Environment variable DEBLICENSE not set, using GPL-3+ by default Enter the name of the new Debian source package. If empty, it will defaults to perf4j > Enter the name of the binary package. If empty, it will defaults to libperf4j-java > Run tests while building the package? [y]/n > y Generate the Javadoc while building the package? [y]/n > y Checking that apt-file is installed and has been configured... [ok] Checking that licensecheck is installed... [ok] Solving dependencies for package libperf4j-java (tests are included) (documentation is included) Analysing pom.xml... Enter the upstream version for the package. If you press <Enter> it will default to 0.9.16 > Version of org.perf4j:perf4j is 0.9.16 Choose how it will be transformed: [1] - Replace all versions starting by 0. with 0.x 2 - Change the version to the symbolic 'debian' version 3 - Keep the version 4 - Custom rule > Resolving log4j:log4j:jar:1.2.14 of scope compile... Sep 13, 2012 9:16:29 AM org.debian.maven.packager.DependenciesSolver$ToResolve resolve SEVERE: Cannot resolve dependencies in ./pom.xml: Dangling meta character '+' near index 0 +)\.(.*)/\$1\.\$2\.x/ ^ java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Dangling meta character '+' near index 0 +)\.(.*)/\$1\.\$2\.x/ ^ at java.util.regex.Pattern.error(Pattern.java:1730) at java.util.regex.Pattern.sequence(Pattern.java:1895) at java.util.regex.Pattern.expr(Pattern.java:1769) at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Pattern.java:1477) at java.util.regex.Pattern.<init>(Pattern.java:1150) at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Pattern.java:840) at org.debian.maven.repo.Rule.<init>(Rule.java:44) at org.debian.maven.repo.DependencyRule.<init>(DependencyRule.java:41) at org.debian.maven.repo.POMInfo.getPublishedRules(POMInfo.java:275) at org.debian.maven.repo.Repository.searchMatchingPOM(Repository.java:130) at org.debian.maven.packager.DependenciesSolver.resolveDependency(DependenciesSolver.java:987) at org.debian.maven.packager.DependenciesSolver.resolveDependency(DependenciesSolver.java:883) at org.debian.maven.packager.DependenciesSolver.resolveDependencies(DependenciesSolver.java:878) at org.debian.maven.packager.DependenciesSolver.access$000(DependenciesSolver.java:56) at org.debian.maven.packager.DependenciesSolver$ToResolve.resolve(DependenciesSolver.java:353) at org.debian.maven.packager.DependenciesSolver.resolveDependenciesNow(DependenciesSolver.java:864) at org.debian.maven.packager.DependenciesSolver.solveDependencies(DependenciesSolver.java:598) at org.debian.maven.packager.DependenciesSolver.main(DependenciesSolver.java:1420) Resolving org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:maven-plugin:2.0.2 of scope runtime... Dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:maven-plugin:2.0.2 found in package libmaven-compiler-plugin-java [ok] Resolving org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:maven-plugin:2.2.1 of scope runtime... In pom.xml: This plugin is not useful for the build or its use is against Debian policies. Ignore this plugin? org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:maven-plugin:2.2.1 ref: http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2012/09/msg00009.html -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.5 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (200, 'testing'), (100, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages maven-debian-helper depends on: ii default-jdk 1:1.6-40 Standard Java or Java compatible D ii libmaven-clean-plugin-java 2.3-3 Maven clean plugin ii libmaven-compiler-plugin-j 2.0.2-4 Maven compiler plugin ii libmaven-jar-plugin-java 2.2-4 Maven Jar plugin ii libmaven-resources-plugin- 2.3-5 Maven resources plugin ii libmaven-site-plugin-java 2.1-1 Maven Site Plugin for generating a ii libplexus-velocity-java 1.1.7-3 Plexus component interface to velo ii libsurefire-java 2.4.3-3 Surefire test framework for Java ii maven-repo-helper 1.7.1~bpo60+1 Helper tools for including Maven m ii maven2 2.2.1-5 Java software project management a ii velocity 1.6.2-4 Java-based template engine for web Versions of packages maven-debian-helper recommends: ii apt-file 2.4.0 search for files within Debian pac Versions of packages maven-debian-helper suggests: pn libmaven-javadoc-plugin-java <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org