On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 10:34:00PM +0100, Fabrizio Regalli wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1:013-4 > of my package "b43-fwcutter". > > It builds these binary packages: > b43-fwcutter - Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware > firmware-b43-installer - Installer package for firmware for the b43 > driver > firmware-b43-lpphy-installer - Installer package for firmware for the > b43 driver (LP-PHY version > firmware-b43legacy-installer - Installer package for firmware for the > b43legacy driver > > The package appears to be lintian clean. > > The upload would fix these bugs: 581798, 599741 > > The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: > - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/contrib/b/b43-fwcutter > - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable > main contrib non-free > - dget > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/contrib/b/b43-fwcutter/b43-fwcutter_013-4.dsc
The package FTBFS: make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/b43-fwcutter-013' install -d -o 0 -g 0 -m 755 /usr/local/bin/ install -o 0 -g 0 -m 755 b43-fwcutter /usr/local/bin/ install: cannot create regular file "/usr/local/bin/b43-fwcutter": Permission denied make[1]: *** [install] Error 1 Why is it installing under /usr/local, anyway? In the upstream Makefile you should replace PREFIX ?= /usr/local with PREFIX ?= $(DESTDIR)/usr That fixes both the issues. See maint-guide ยง3.3 [0]. Also, since what some of the built packages do is downloading the firmwares from an external sites you may also point it out in the packages' descriptions (just like flashplugin-nonfree does). The debian/ directory looks dirty. All the *.debhelper.log and *.substvars shouldn't be there. You probably are using the lintian override wrongly: I: b43-fwcutter source: unused-override no-upstream-changelog And finally the watch file looks weird (at least to uscan(1)): Newest version on remote site is 009, local version is 013 b43-fwcutter: remote site does not even have current version For bonus points you could also convert the debian/copyright file to use the DEP5 format [1]. Please note that I'm not a DD, therefore I can't sponsor your package. Cheers [0] http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-modify.en.html#s-destdir [1] http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/ -- perl -E'$_=q;$/= @{[@_]};and s;\S+;<inidehG ordnasselA>;eg;say~~reverse' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110309112524.ga5...@pc-ale.rete