Package: devscripts Version: 2.17.12 Followup-For: Bug #855464 Dear Maintainer,
I've implemented a patch here: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/diff/?id=pu/mk-origtargz-argmax&id2=master it is not the most correct - ARG_MAX is measured in bytes, and it assumes that 16384 command-line arguments will fit within this - but it is simple and it works for rustc. Perhaps the OP can test if it works for him too. X -- Package-specific info: --- /etc/devscripts.conf --- --- ~/.devscripts --- export DEBSIGN_PROGRAM="gpg2" -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'buildd-unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (300, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental'), (1, 'experimental-debug') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.14.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages devscripts depends on: ii dpkg-dev 1.19.0.4 ii libc6 2.25-5 ii libfile-homedir-perl 1.002-1 ii perl 5.26.1-3 ii python3 3.6.4-1 ii sensible-utils 0.0.11 Versions of packages devscripts recommends: ii apt 1.6~alpha6 ii at 3.1.20-3.1 ii curl 7.57.0-1 ii dctrl-tools 2.24-2+b1 ii debian-keyring 2017.11.24 ii dput-ng [dput] 1.15 ii equivs 2.1.0 ii fakeroot 1.22-2 ii file 1:5.32-1 ii gnupg 2.2.4-1 ii gnupg2 2.2.4-1 ii libdistro-info-perl 0.17 ii libdpkg-perl 1.19.0.4 ii libencode-locale-perl 1.05-1 ii libgit-wrapper-perl 0.047-1 ii liblist-compare-perl 0.53-1 ii liblwp-protocol-https-perl 6.07-2 ii libsoap-lite-perl 1.26-1 ii liburi-perl 1.72-2 ii libwww-perl 6.31-1 ii licensecheck 3.0.31-2 ii lintian 2.5.67 ii man-db 2.7.6.1-4 ii patch 2.7.5-1+b2 ii patchutils 0.3.4-2 ii python3-apt 1.4.0~beta3+b1 ii python3-debian 0.1.31 ii python3-magic 1:5.32-1 ii python3-requests 2.18.4-1 ii python3-unidiff 0.5.4-1 ii python3-xdg 0.25-4 ii strace 4.19-1 ii unzip 6.0-21 ii wdiff 1.2.2-2 ii wget 1.19.2-1 ii xz-utils 5.2.2-1.3 Versions of packages devscripts suggests: ii adequate 0.15.1 ii autopkgtest 5.1 pn bls-standalone <none> ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20160123cvs-4 ii build-essential 12.4 pn check-all-the-things <none> pn cvs-buildpackage <none> pn devscripts-el <none> ii diffoscope 90 ii disorderfs 0.5.2-2 pn dose-extra <none> pn duck <none> ii faketime 0.9.6-7+b1 ii gnuplot 5.2.2+dfsg1-2 ii gnuplot-x11 [gnuplot] 5.2.2+dfsg1-2 ii gpgv 2.2.4-1 ii how-can-i-help 15 ii libauthen-sasl-perl 2.1600-1 ii libfile-desktopentry-perl 0.22-1 pn libnet-smtps-perl <none> pn libterm-size-perl <none> ii libtimedate-perl 2.3000-2 ii libyaml-syck-perl 1.29-1+b3 ii mozilla-devscripts 0.47 ii mutt 1.9.2-1 ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:7.6p1-2 ii piuparts 0.83 ii postgresql-client-10 [postgresql-client] 10.1-2 ii quilt 0.63-8.2 pn ratt <none> ii reprotest 0.7.7 pn svn-buildpackage <none> pn w3m <none> -- no debconf information -- debsums errors found: debsums: changed file /usr/bin/mk-origtargz (from devscripts package)