To reproduce this bug, run dpkg-shlibdeps on a package that does not yet have a debian/tmp/DEBIAN directory.
For example, this displays the perl warning. It also generates an empty substvars file despite the binaries linking to libc6 and stuff. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~package/aalib>dpkg-shlibdeps -Tdebian/libaa-bin.substvars -Ldebian/libaa1/DEBIAN/shlibs debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aainfo debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aatest debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aafire debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aasavefont The above also displays many bogus warnings: dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol [EMAIL PROTECTED] used by debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aasavefont found in none of the libraries. dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol [EMAIL PROTECTED] used by debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aasavefont found in none of the libraries. dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol [EMAIL PROTECTED] used by debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aasavefont found in none of the libraries. dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol [EMAIL PROTECTED] used by debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aasavefont found in none of the libraries. dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol [EMAIL PROTECTED] used by debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aasavefont found in none of the libraries. dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol [EMAIL PROTECTED] used by debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aasavefont found in none of the libraries. dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol [EMAIL PROTECTED] used by debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aasavefont found in none of the libraries. dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol [EMAIL PROTECTED] used by debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aasavefont found in none of the libraries. dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol [EMAIL PROTECTED] used by debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aasavefont found in none of the libraries. dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol [EMAIL PROTECTED] used by debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aasavefont found in none of the libraries. dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol [EMAIL PROTECTED] used by debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aasavefont found in none of the libraries. OTOH, this works fine: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~package/aalib>mkdir debian/libaa-bin/DEBIAN [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~package/aalib>dpkg-shlibdeps -Tdebian/libaa-bin.substvars -Ldebian/libaa1/DEBIAN/shlibs debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aainfo debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aatest debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aafire debian/libaa-bin/usr/bin/aasavefont I suspect this breaks a large number of packages that build with debhelper, as debhelper only creates the DEBIAN directory on demand, so it's typically created after dpkg-shlibdeps is run. So I think this bug should be RC.. -- see shy jo
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