Package: mrename Version: 1.2-9 Severity: serious From my pbuilder build log:
... dh_shlibdeps dh_gencontrol dpkg-gencontrol: warning: no utmp entry available and LOGNAME not defined; using uid of process (0) dpkg-architecture: warning: no utmp entry available and LOGNAME not defined; using uid of process (0) dpkg-parsechangelog: warning: no utmp entry available and LOGNAME not defined; using uid of process (0) debian: warning: no utmp entry available and LOGNAME not defined; using uid of process (0) dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${shlibs:Depends} dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${misc:Depends} dpkg-architecture: warning: no utmp entry available and LOGNAME not defined; using uid of process (0) dpkg-gencontrol: warning: can't parse dependency dpkg-gencontrol: error: error occoured while parsing Depends dh_gencontrol: command returned error code 2304 make: *** [binary-arch] Error 1 Using cat -A build-log, the "can't parse dependency" line ends with two spaces, so it appears it's choking on a dependency consisting of just a space. -- Daniel Schepler