Bug#962253: debhelper: dh_installman error instead of warning on invalid section
Control: reassign -1 esys-particle Control: retitle -1 esys-particle: Broken section number in manpage Adrian Bunk: > On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 07:55:33AM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote: >> Adrian Bunk: >>> Source: debhelper >>> Version: 13.1 >>> Severity: serious >>> Control: affects -1 src:esys-particle >>> Control: block 961995 by -1 >>> >>> https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=esys-particle >>> >>> ... >>>dh_installman -a >>> dh_installman: warning: Section for ./debian/esysparticle.1 is computed as >>> "2012-12-30", which is not a valid section >>> dh_installman: error: Could not determine section for >>> ./debian/esysparticle.1 >>> dh_installman: error: Aborting due to earlier error >>> make: *** [debian/rules:15: binary-arch] Error 25 >>> >>> >>> debhelper (13.1) unstable; urgency=low >>> ... >>> * dh_installman: Improve error messages and handling of broken >>> section numbers. Notably ignore (with a warning) sections from >>> manpages that look suspiciously like a version number. Thanks >>> to Paul Gevers for reporting the bug. (Closes: #958343) >>> ... >>> >> >> Hi Adrian, > > [...]>> Prior to that error, dh_installman silently installed it in >> /usr/share/man/man2, which would clearly have been wrong: >> >> """ >> $ apt-file show esys-particle | grep share/man/ >> esys-particle: /usr/share/man/man2/esysparticle.2012-12-30.gz >> """ >> >> Based on this, can we agree that this and future instances you find of >> this case should in general be filed against packages containing the >> manpage rather then debhelper? > > My reading of the debhelper changelog was that "ignore (with a warning)" > means that this was not intended to cause an error. > > I might have misunderstood that. > > > cu > Adrian > I see how this could have caused the confusion. I will update the changelog to better reflect the reality. The "ignore" here refers to the auto-detected section number and not the manpage itself. Without a well-defined section number, dh_installman would then stop with an error (which it has always done - it is just more picky in its auto-detection mechanism). Related, I have reassigned this bug to esys-particle. ~Niels
Processed: Re: Bug#962253: debhelper: dh_installman error instead of warning on invalid section
Processing control commands: > reassign -1 esys-particle Bug #962253 [src:debhelper] debhelper: dh_installman error instead of warning on invalid section Bug reassigned from package 'src:debhelper' to 'esys-particle'. No longer marked as found in versions debhelper/13.1. Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #962253 to the same values previously set > retitle -1 esys-particle: Broken section number in manpage Bug #962253 [esys-particle] debhelper: dh_installman error instead of warning on invalid section Changed Bug title to 'esys-particle: Broken section number in manpage' from 'debhelper: dh_installman error instead of warning on invalid section'. -- 962253: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=962253 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems
Bug#962253: debhelper: dh_installman error instead of warning on invalid section
On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 07:55:33AM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote: > Adrian Bunk: > > Source: debhelper > > Version: 13.1 > > Severity: serious > > Control: affects -1 src:esys-particle > > Control: block 961995 by -1 > > > > https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=esys-particle > > > > ... > >dh_installman -a > > dh_installman: warning: Section for ./debian/esysparticle.1 is computed as > > "2012-12-30", which is not a valid section > > dh_installman: error: Could not determine section for > > ./debian/esysparticle.1 > > dh_installman: error: Aborting due to earlier error > > make: *** [debian/rules:15: binary-arch] Error 25 > > > > > > debhelper (13.1) unstable; urgency=low > > ... > > * dh_installman: Improve error messages and handling of broken > > section numbers. Notably ignore (with a warning) sections from > > manpages that look suspiciously like a version number. Thanks > > to Paul Gevers for reporting the bug. (Closes: #958343) > > ... > > > > Hi Adrian, Hi Niels, > I do not understand how you came to the conclusion that because > esys-particle has a completely broken manpage then debhelper should have > an RC bug. it is a FTBFS, so there has to be an RC bug somewhere. > Prior to that error, dh_installman silently installed it in > /usr/share/man/man2, which would clearly have been wrong: > > """ > $ apt-file show esys-particle | grep share/man/ > esys-particle: /usr/share/man/man2/esysparticle.2012-12-30.gz > """ > > Based on this, can we agree that this and future instances you find of > this case should in general be filed against packages containing the > manpage rather then debhelper? My reading of the debhelper changelog was that "ignore (with a warning)" means that this was not intended to cause an error. I might have misunderstood that. > ~Niels cu Adrian
Bug#962253: debhelper: dh_installman error instead of warning on invalid section
Adrian Bunk: > Source: debhelper > Version: 13.1 > Severity: serious > Control: affects -1 src:esys-particle > Control: block 961995 by -1 > > https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=esys-particle > > ... >dh_installman -a > dh_installman: warning: Section for ./debian/esysparticle.1 is computed as > "2012-12-30", which is not a valid section > dh_installman: error: Could not determine section for ./debian/esysparticle.1 > dh_installman: error: Aborting due to earlier error > make: *** [debian/rules:15: binary-arch] Error 25 > > > debhelper (13.1) unstable; urgency=low > ... > * dh_installman: Improve error messages and handling of broken > section numbers. Notably ignore (with a warning) sections from > manpages that look suspiciously like a version number. Thanks > to Paul Gevers for reporting the bug. (Closes: #958343) > ... > Hi Adrian, I do not understand how you came to the conclusion that because esys-particle has a completely broken manpage then debhelper should have an RC bug. Prior to that error, dh_installman silently installed it in /usr/share/man/man2, which would clearly have been wrong: """ $ apt-file show esys-particle | grep share/man/ esys-particle: /usr/share/man/man2/esysparticle.2012-12-30.gz """ Based on this, can we agree that this and future instances you find of this case should in general be filed against packages containing the manpage rather then debhelper? ~Niels
Bug#962253: debhelper: dh_installman error instead of warning on invalid section
Source: debhelper Version: 13.1 Severity: serious Control: affects -1 src:esys-particle Control: block 961995 by -1 https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=esys-particle ... dh_installman -a dh_installman: warning: Section for ./debian/esysparticle.1 is computed as "2012-12-30", which is not a valid section dh_installman: error: Could not determine section for ./debian/esysparticle.1 dh_installman: error: Aborting due to earlier error make: *** [debian/rules:15: binary-arch] Error 25 debhelper (13.1) unstable; urgency=low ... * dh_installman: Improve error messages and handling of broken section numbers. Notably ignore (with a warning) sections from manpages that look suspiciously like a version number. Thanks to Paul Gevers for reporting the bug. (Closes: #958343) ...
