Package: pbuilder Version: 0.218 Severity: important (I also saw the same thing with pbuilder 0.217.)
When I try to build e.g. 0ad in my local setup, I get an error like: W: no hooks of type D found -- ignoring -> Attempting to parse the build-deps -> Considering build-dep autoconf -> Trying autoconf -> Considering build-dep debhelper (>= 9) dpkg: error: --compare-versions bad relation Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; Use 'apt' or 'aptitude' for user-friendly package management; Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or 'more' ! Tried versions: 9.20150811+bpb2 -> Does not satisfy version, not trying E: Could not satisfy build-dependency. E: pbuilder-satisfydepends failed. I: unmounting /var/cache/pbuildd filesystem I: unmounting /sys filesystem I: unmounting /dev/shm filesystem I: unmounting dev/pts filesystem I: unmounting run/shm filesystem I: unmounting proc filesystem I: cleaning the build env I: removing directory /build/chroot-amd64//24959 and its subdirectories Putting debugging echo statements into /usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends-funcs, it appears it's trying to execute "dpkg" "--compare-versions" "9.20150811+bpb2" ">= 9" "". (Explanation of the "important" severity: I'm running a set of scripts here to try to bootstrap the Debian archive from scratch using pbuilder - and it's important for a series of trial runs that can't have Build-Depends satisfied yet to complete as quickly as possible. Therefore, I use --preserve-buildplace - and that only really works with pbuilder-satisfydepends-classic.) -- Daniel Schepler